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Afromurzinia lutescens

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(Redirected from Spilosoma semihyalina) Species of moth

Afromurzinia lutescens

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Afromurzinia
Species:	A. lutescens
Binomial name
*Afromurzinia lutescens* (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
Spilosoma lutescens Walker, 1855 Radiarctia lutescens Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903 Radiarctia semihyalina

Afromurzinia lutescens is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni, Zea mays, Dalbergia sissoo, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus deglupta, Eucalyptus torreliana, Eucalyptus rudis, Gmelina arborea and Cassia siamea.

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromurzinia lutescens (Walker, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

Taxon identifiers
Afromurzinia lutescens	Wikidata: Q16748096 Wikispecies: Afromurzinia lutescens AfroMoths: RADILUTE GBIF: 9213622 iNaturalist: 752213
Spilosoma lutescens	Wikidata: Q13524129 GBIF: 1812115 iNaturalist: 468774 IRMNG: 10726481 LepIndex: 45114 Open Tree of Life: 3178475

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