''Afrocoscinia'' is a curious genus of tiger moths in 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 ...

erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2011. The genus includes only one species, ''Afrocoscinia aethiopica'', described by Lars Kühne in 2010,Kühne, L. (2010). "Taxonomische Ergebnisse der Bearbeitung der Nachfalterfauna des südlichen Afrikas (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)". ''Esperiana Memoir''. 5: 433-456. which is found in the arid regions of the western part of South Africa. By the general appearance of wing and body shape, it looks like species of the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

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Coscinia ''Coscinia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species * '' Coscinia bifasciata'' (Rambur, 1832) * ''Coscinia cribraria ''Coscinia cribraria'', the speckled footman, is a species ...

'' from

Callimorphina The Callimorphina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1865. Many of these moths are easily confused with butterflies, being quite brightly colored and somewhat diurnal. Th ...

. But many other characteristics of this moth show that is it a member of the

Nyctemerina The Nyctemerina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Nyctemerini of the former family Arctiidae. Some authors merge the subtribe into the related Callimorphina. ...

.Dubatolov, V. V. (2011). "Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009-2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". ''Atalanta''. 42 (1/2): 125-135.

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* Endemic moths of South Africa Nyctemerina Monotypic moth genera Moths described in 2011 Moths of Africa {{Nyctemerina-stub