Afrocerura cameroona explained

Afrocerura cameroona is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and São Tomé & Principe (São Tomé).[1]

The wingspan is about 60mm. Both wings are shining snow white, with a few black markings. The forewings have a trace of an oblique interrupted black dash in the fold and a trace of a median interrupted line, visible as a small black costal mark. There is also a trace of another line in the cell, and a fair sized mark on the inner margin. There is a trace of two very short black costal dashes beyond the cell, followed by a black wedge-shaped costal mark. A bare trace of a black subterminal line is mainly noticeable by a fair sized black mark on the inner margin almost in the tornus. The hindwings are uniform white.[2]

Subspecies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2019 . Afrocerura cameroona (Bethune-Baker, 1927) . Afromoths . July 29, 2019.
  2. 10.1080/00222932708655457. XLVI.—Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Africa and the East. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20. 118. 321–334. 1927. Bethune-Baker. G.T..