''Afroarctia nebulosa'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family
Erebidae. It was described by
Hervé de Toulgoët
Hervé de Toulgoët (28 March 1911 – 14 September 2009) was a French entomologist. He specialised in moths of the families Arctiidae and Zygaenidae. He also studied the beetle genus '' Carabus''. He was written about by Paul Thiaucourt and Joc ...
in 1980. It is found in
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
.
Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Afrotropics
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References
Endemic fauna of Cameroon
Moths described in 1980
Erebid moths of Africa
Spilosomina
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