''"Acantharctia" ansorgei'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. It is found in

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

.Afro Moths
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Taxonomy

Although placed in the

Arctiidae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

genus ''

Acantharctia ''Acantharctia'' is a genus of Arctiinae (erebid moths), tiger moths in the family Erebidae, found in the Afrotropics. Species * ''Acantharctia ansorgei'' Rothschild, 1910 * ''Acantharctia atriramosa'' Hampson, 1907 * ''Acantharctia bivittata'' ...

'', this species is probably a

Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, es ...

species.

References

External links

* Endemic fauna of Uganda Moths described in 1910 Spilosomina Insects of Uganda Moths of Africa {{Spilosomina-stub