Afrophyla
Monotypic genus of geometer moths
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Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.[2][3]
| Afrophyla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Oenochrominae |
| Genus: | Afrophyla Warren, 1895 |
| Species: | A. vethi |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrophyla vethi (Snellen, 1886) | |
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It has one subspecies, Afrophyla vethi meloui Prout, 1930, which is found in Madagascar.[4]