Amerila mulleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Amerilini
Genus: Amerila
Species: Amerila mulleri

Name

Amerila mulleri Häuser & Boppré, 1997

Synonyms

• Rhodogastria alba Muller, 1980, nomen nudum

Comments

This species had been first discovered by Simon Muller when examining material from TMPR and BMNH, who had given it the name alba in an unpublished graduation thesis (Muller 1980: 65). As a valid description of that name has never been published, Häuser and Boppré (1997) took the pleasure to name this species in dedication to its discoverer. The male genitalia of A. mulleri is fairly distinct from other African Amerila except A. magnifica, and these species probably represent a well differentiated subgroup within the genus. A. mulleri is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

References

• Häuser, Ch. L. & Boppre, M., 1997: A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Systematic Entomology 22 (1): 1–44.
• Muller, S., 1980: Some Afrotropical moths placed in the genera Diacrisia and Rhodogastria (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). – Amsterdam: Biologisch Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, 1980: 1–190.