Afrida
Subfamily of moths
title: "Afrida" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nolidae"] description: "Subfamily of moths" topic_path: "general/nolidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrida" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Subfamily of moths ::
| image = Afrida mesomelaena.JPG | image_caption = Afrida mesomelaena | name = Afridinae | parent_authority = Kitching & Rawlings, 1999 | taxon = Afrida | authority = Möschler, 1886 | synonyms =
- Neoselca Hampson, 1898
- Aresia Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Afridinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. The subfamily consists of only one genus, Afrida, that was previously part of the tribe Lithosiini in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Genus and species
- Afrida Möschler, 1886
- Afrida charientisma Dyar, 1913
- Afrida ciliata Hampson, 1900
- Afrida cosmiogramma Dyar, 1913
- Afrida exegens Dyar, 1922
- Afrida melicerta H. Druce, 1885
- Afrida mesomelaena Hampson, 1914
- Afrida minuta H. Druce, 1885
- Afrida tortriciformis Möschler, 1886
- Afrida ydatodes Dyar, 1913
References
References
- Palting, John. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny of Lichen Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini): a contribution toward classifying Western Hemisphere genera". Zookeys.
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