Metarctia flavicincta

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Metarctia flavicincta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. flavicincta
Binomial name
Metarctia flavicincta
Synonyms
  • Metarctia contrastaBethune-Baker, 1911
  • Metarctia (Notharctia) dracunculaKiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia jacksoniKiriakoff, 1956
  • Metarctia moiraKiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia subpumilaKiriakoff, 1957

Metarctia flavicincta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1900 and is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.