Amerila niveivitrea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1903. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. niveivitrea
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| Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
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The length of the forewings is 26–29 mm.[2]
References edit
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^ "Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel)". www.fzi.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- Bartel, M. (1903). "Neue aetiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. 16: 170-214.
- Häuser, Ch. L. & Boppre, M. (1997). "A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Systematic Entomology. 22 (1): 1-44.
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