Metarctia tenebrosa

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Metarctia tenebrosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Metarctia tenebrosa
(Le Cerf, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Collocaliodes margarethaLe Cerf, 1922

Metarctia tenebrosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1922. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metarctia tenebrosa (Le Cerf, 1922)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 30, 2020.