Ametropalpis vidua is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1894. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Rwanda and Uganda.[1]
Ametropalpis vidua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Catocalinae |
Genus: | Ametropalpis |
Species: | A. vidua |
Binomial name | |
Ametropalpis vidua (Holland, 1894) | |
Synonyms | |
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The classification of this moth is disputed. Robert W. Poole (1989) treats it as a synonym of Ametropalpis though Martin Lödl (1996) excluded this species from Ametropalpis and Hypeninae and transferred the genus to Catocalinae.
The adults have a wingspan of 49–53 mm.[2]