Afrospilarctia dissimilis

Afrospilarctia dissimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Afrospilarctia
Species: A. dissimilis
Binomial name
Afrospilarctia dissimilis
(Distant, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma dissimilis Distant, 1897

Afrospilarctia dissimilis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Distant in 1897. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.[1]

The larvae feed on Vernonia gerrardi.

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