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Afromurzinia lutescens

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Afromurzinia lutescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afromurzinia
Species:
A. lutescens
Binomial name
Afromurzinia lutescens
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma lutescens Walker, 1855
  • Radiarctia lutescens
  • Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903
  • Radiarctia semihyalina

Afromurzinia lutescens is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni, Zea mays, Dalbergia sissoo, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus deglupta, Eucalyptus torreliana, Eucalyptus rudis, Gmelina arborea and Cassia siamea.

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromurzinia lutescens (Walker, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 24, 2018.