Aphyarctia

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

Aphyarctia is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. It was described by Watson in 1975 and contains the single species Aphyarctia surinamensis, which is found in French Guiana, Surinam, Ecuador and Bolivia.[1][2]

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