# Afraloa

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Afraloa bifurca
| parent_authority = [Dubatolov](/source/Vladimir_Dubatolov), 2006
| authority = ([Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1855)
| synonyms = 
*''Aloa bifurca'' <small>Walker, 1855</small>
*''Spilarctia radiosa'' <small>Druce, 1898</small>
}}

'''''Afraloa''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [tiger moth](/source/Arctiinae_(erebid_moths)) genus in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae) erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. Its only species, '''''Afraloa bifurca''''', was [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Francis Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)) in 1855. It is found in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea), [Gabon](/source/Gabon), [Ghana](/source/Ghana), [Kenya](/source/Kenya), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone), [the Gambia](/source/the_Gambia), [Togo](/source/Togo), [Uganda](/source/Uganda)<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/afraloa/ |title=''Afraloa'' Dubatolov, 2006 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=September 25, 2019}}</ref> and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).

==Taxonomy==
The [type species](/source/type_species) of ''Afraloa'' is ''Aloa bifurca'' <small>Walker, 1855</small>. The genus needs a taxonomic review of species.

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Category:Spilosomina
Category:Monotypic moth genera
Category:Moths of Africa
Category:Moths of Asia
Category:Taxa named by Vladimir Viktorovich Dubatolov

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