Afrida

Afridinae
Afrida mesomelaena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Subfamily:	Afridinae Kitching & Rawlings, 1999
Genus:	Afrida 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