Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1956)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Amerilini (tribe)/  Amerila (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Pinhey, 1956)
Citation:	Rhodogastria howardi n. sp.
Original genus:	Rhodogastria
Publication:	Pinhey E. C. G. 1955. Some new species of Lepidoptera from eastern Africa.
Journal:	Occasional papers of the Coryndon Memorial Museum
Volume:	4
Issue:
Pagination:	14–15, fig. 1; pl. 1, figs 10, 11

Amerila howardi (1)

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Taxonomic note:

One of the paratypes was later identified as a female of Amerila catinca Häuser & M. Boppré, 1997.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1956)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK	Tanzania	[Tanzania], Tanganyika, E Usambara Mts, Amani, ii.1953, leg. E. C. G. Pinhey.
Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1956)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 4 ♂, Coryndon Museum, Nairobi, NHMUK.	Tanzania	[Tanzania], Tanganyika, E Usambara Mts, Amani, ii.1953, leg. E. C. G. Pinhey.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1956)	Malawi		Dubatolov V. V. 2009. Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V. Kovtunovich and P. Ustujuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, ...) page 286
Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1956)	Tanzania		Pinhey E. C. G. 1956c. Some new species of Lepidoptera from eastern Africa. page 15

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Amerila howardi (1)

Amerila howardi (2)

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