Amerila vidua

Amerila vidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Amerila
Species: A. vidua
Binomial name
Amerila vidua
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Noctua vidua Cramer, 1780
  • Rhodogastria vidua
  • Phalaena Noctua mauritia Stoll, [1781]
  • Rhodogastria vidua mauritia

Amerila vidua is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1780. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.[1]

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