''Agrotera albalis'' 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 w ...

in the family Crambidae. It was first found on the island of

Príncipe Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census;

, between 450 and 600 m elevation, by

Thomas Alexander Barns Thomas Alexander Barns Zoological Society of London, FZS Royal Entomological Society of London, FES (4 June 1881 – 4 March 1930), known in his private life as Alexander Barns, was an English businessman, exploration, explorer, Big game huntin ...

in 1926, and first described by Koen V. N. Maes in 2003.

References

Moths described in 2003 Moths of Africa Spilomelinae Fauna of Príncipe Invertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe {{Agroterini-stub