Biology:Afrophyla

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Short description: Monotypic genus of geometer moths

Afrophyla
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
Genus: Afrophyla
Warren, 1895
Species:
A. vethi
Binomial name
Afrophyla vethi
(Snellen, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Afrophyla dichordata Warren, 1895

Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.[2][3]

It has one subspecies, Afrophyla vethi meloui Prout, 1930, which is found in Madagascar .[4]

References

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