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Amphelarctia

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Amphelarctia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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 family Erebidae. 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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