Acantharctia metaleuca

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Acantharctia metaleuca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Acantharctia
Species:
A. metaleuca
Binomial name
Acantharctia metaleuca
Hampson, 1901

Acantharctia metaleuca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.