Metarctia rufescens

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Metarctia rufescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. rufescens
Binomial name
Metarctia rufescens
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Hexaneura maculiferaWallengren, 1860

Metarctia rufescens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved January 29, 2018.