Amerila mulleri

Amerila mulleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Amerila
Species: A. mulleri
Binomial name
Amerila mulleri
Häuser et Boppre, 1997
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria alba Muller, 1980 (nomen nudum)

Amerila mulleri is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Häuser and Boppre in 1997. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.[1]

Comments

This species had first been discovered by Simon Muller when examining material from Ditsong National Museum of Natural History in Pretoria and Natural History Museum in London, who had given it the name ‘alba’ in an unpublished graduation thesis (Muller, 1980: 65). As a valid description of that name had never been published, Häuser and Boppré (1997) took the pleasure to name this species in dedication to its discoverer.

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