Amerila thermochroa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

Amerila thermochroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species:
A. thermochroa
Binomial name
Amerila thermochroa
(Hampson, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Rhodogastria thermochroa Hampson, 1916

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  • Hampson, G.F., 1916: Descriptions of new species of the family Arctiadae in the British Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 23 (2): 230-240.
  • 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.