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Afronyctemera itokina

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Afronyctemera itokina[1] or Nyctemera itokina is a moth of the family Erebidae.[2][3] It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904.[1][2][3] It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[1][2]

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Afronyctemera itokina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afronyctemera
Species:
A. itokina
Binomial name
Afronyctemera itokina
(Aurivillius, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Deilemera itokina Aurivillius, 1904
  • Nyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
  • Deilemera marcida Swinhoe, 1906
  • Deilemera camerunica Strand, 1909
  • Deilemera plana Wichgraf, 1921
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The larvae feed on Senecio species.[1]

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