''Amerila nigropunctata'' is a

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of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in south-eastern

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References

* , 1908: New Heterocera from British New Guinea. ''Novitates Zoologicae'' 15 (1): 175–243. Moths described in 1908 Amerilini Moths of New Guinea {{amerilini-stub