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Amerila Makadara
''Amerila makadara'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae (moth), Arctiinae. It was described by Christoph L. Häuser and Michael Boppré in 1997. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Eswatini and Zimbabwe. References * , 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae. ''Atalanta'' 40 (1-2): 285-301. * , 1997: A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus ''Amerila'' Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Systematic Entomology'' 22 (1): 1-44. Moths described in 1997 Amerilini Moths of Africa {{amerilini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
