Metarctia benitensis

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Metarctia benitensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. benitensis
Binomial name
Metarctia benitensis
Holland, 1893
Synonyms
  • Metarctia paniscusKiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia subnigraKiriakoff, 1958

Metarctia benitensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.