Amphelarctia priscilla

Amphelarctia priscilla

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Amphelarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Allan Watson in 1975. Its single species, Amphelarctia priscilla, was first described by William Schaus in 1911. It is found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname and Costa Rica.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Amphelarctia priscilla

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