Amphelarctia

Amphelarctia priscilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Amphelarctia
Watson, 1975
Species: A. priscilla
Binomial name
Amphelarctia priscilla
(Schaus, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Automolis priscilla Schaus, 1911

Amphelarctia is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. It contains the single species Amphelarctia priscilla, which is found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica.[1][2]

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