Metarctia rubra

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Metarctia rubra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. rubra
Binomial name
Metarctia rubra
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anace rubraWalker, 1856
  • Automolis kelleniSnellen, 1886
  • Metarctia titanTalbot, 1929

Metarctia rubra is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Malawi and South Africa. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Metarctia rubra (Walker, 1856)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 29, 2018.