''Semioptila banghaasi'' is a moth in the

Himantopteridae The Himantopteridae are a family of 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 appro ...

family. It was described by

Erich Martin Hering Erich Martin Hering (10 November 1893, Zielona Góra, Heinersdorf – 18 August 1967, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Leaf miner, leafmining insects, He was a curator in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, where his collectio ...

in 1937. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.Afro Moths
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Moths described in 1937 Himantopteridae {{Zygaenoidea-stub