Amefrontia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acronictinae
Genus: Amefrontia
Species: (2):
A. purpurea – A. zillii
Name

Amefrontia Hampson, 1899

Type species: Amefrontia purpurea Hampson, 1899
Synonyms

Palafrontia Hampson, 1908

References

Hacker, H.H. ; H. Hoppe ; L. Lehmann & D. Stadie, 2011: Neue Noctuidae-Arten aus Südarabien und Ostafrika (Lepidoptera). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 16: 233–253.
Poole, R.W., 1989: Lepidopterorum Catalogus New Series Noctuidae Part 1. Fascicle 118 : 3–500.

Amefrontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1899.[1][2][3]
Species

Amefrontia monochroma Hacker, 2016 Yemen
Amefrontia purpurea Hampson, 1899 Socotra, Kenya, Zimbabwe
Amefrontia zillii Hacker, Hoppe, Lehmann & Stadie, 2011 Oman, Yemen

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amefrontia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
Savela, Markku (October 6, 2019). "Amefrontia Hampson, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Amefrontia Hampson, 1899". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

External links
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amefrontia Hampson, 1899". Afromoths. Retrieved October 21, 2020.