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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Oenochrominae |
| Genus: | Afrophyla Warren, 1895 |
| Species: | A. vethi
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| 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]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Afrophyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Afrophyla Warren, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Afrophyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Afrophyla vethi ssp. meloui". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2019.