Afrophyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Oenochrominae |
Genus: | Afrophyla Warren, 1895 |
Species: | A. vethi
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Binomial name | |
Afrophyla vethi (Snellen, 1886)
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Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.[2][3]
It has one subspecies, Afrophyla vethi meloui Prout, 1930, which is found in Madagascar.[4]