Metarctia

Metarctia
Metarctia burra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Syntomini
Genus:	Metarctia Walker, 1855
Synonyms
MetaretiaPagenstecher, 1909 AnaceWalker, 1856 HebenaWalker, 1856 HexaneuraWallengren, 1860 NotharctiaStrand, 1912 ThyretarctiaStrand, 1912 MecistorhabdiaKiriakoff, 1953 MetarhodiaKiriakoff, 1953 OenarctiaKiriakoff, 1953 PterophaeaKiriakoff, 1953 CollocaliodesKiriakoff, 1957 PinheyaKiriakoff, 1973 PinheyataNye, 1980

Metarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. ^[1]

Species

• Metarctia aethiops (Kiriakoff, 1953)
• Metarctia alticola Aurivillius, 1925
• Metarctia atrivenata Kiriakoff, 1956
• Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893
• Metarctia brunneipennis Hering, 1932
• Metarctia brunneoaurantiaca (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia burra (Schaus, 1893)
• Metarctia burungae Debauche, 1942
• Metarctia carmel Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia cinnamomea (Wallengren, 1860)
• Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia confederationis Kiriakoff, 1961
• Metarctia crocina (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia debauchei Kiriakoff, 1953
• Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia diversa Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Metarctia dracoena (Kiriakoff, 1953)
• Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979)
• Metarctia fario Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia flaviciliata Hampson, 1907
• Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
• Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia flora Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953
• Metarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1955
• Metarctia fuliginosa Kiriakoff, 1953
• Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia fusca Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia galla Rougeot, 1977
• Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
• Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905
• Metarctia hebenoides (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia heinrichi Kiriakoff, 1961
• Metarctia henrardi Kiriakoff, 1953
• Metarctia heringi Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia hulstaertiana Kiriakoff, 1953
• Metarctia hypomela Kiriakoff, 1956
• Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
• Metarctia infausta Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia insignis Kiriakoff, 1959
• Metarctia jansei (Kiriakoff, 1957)
• Metarctia johanna (Kiriakoff, 1979)
• Metarctia jordani Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia kumasina Strand, 1920
• Metarctia lateritia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Metarctia lindemannae Kiriakoff, 1961
• Metarctia longipalpis Hulstaert, 1923
• Metarctia lugubris Gaede, 1926
• Metarctia maria Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia metaleuca Hampson, 1914
• Metarctia morag Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia morosa Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia negusi Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia nigricornis Debauche, 1942
• Metarctia nigritarsis Berio, 1941
• Metarctia noctis Druce, 1910
• Metarctia olbrechtsi (Kiriakoff, 1953)
• Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Metarctia pamela Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893
• Metarctia paulis Kiriakoff, 1961
• Metarctia pavlitzkae (Kiriakoff, 1961)
• Metarctia phaeoptera Hampson, 1909
• Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia pulverea Hampson, 1907
• Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909
• Metarctia quinta (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia robusta (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia rubra (Walker, 1856)
• Metarctia rubribasa Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
• Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855
• Metarctia saalfeldi Kiriakoff, 1960
• Metarctia salmonea Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia sarcosoma Hampson, 1901
• Metarctia schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1953
• Metarctia seydeliana (Kiriakoff, 1953)
• Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961
• Metarctia subincarnata (Kiriakoff, 1954)
• Metarctia subpallens Kiriakoff, 1956
• Metarctia tenebrosa (Le Cerf, 1922)
• Metarctia tenera (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia transvaalica (Kiriakoff, 1973)
• Metarctia tricolorana Wichgraf, 1922
• Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)
• Metarctia uniformis Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Metarctia upembae Kiriakoff, 1949
• Metarctia venustissima Kiriakoff, 1961
• Metarctia virgata Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Taxonomy

Collocaliodes was established as a subgenus of Metarctia. ^[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku (January 2, 2017). "Metarctia Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Collocaliodes Kiriakoff, 1957". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 31, 2019.

• Przybyłowicz, Ł. & Bąkowski, M. (2011). "Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana". Zootaxa . 3031: 54–60.

External links

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metarctia Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.