Afraloa
Afraloa bifurca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Afraloa Dubatolov, 2006 |
Species: | A. bifurca |
Binomial name | |
Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855) | |
Synonyms | |
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Afraloa is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Afraloa bifurca, which is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Togo, Uganda[1] and Pakistan.
Taxonomy
The type species of Afraloa is Aloa bifurca Walker, 1855. The genus needs a taxonomic review of species.
References
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