Amerila fennia

Amerila fennia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Amerila
Species: A. fennia
Binomial name
Amerila fennia
(Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Pelochyta fennia Druce, 1887
  • Rhodogastria metasarca Hampson, 1911

Amerila fennia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Gambia and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Dracaena species.

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