| Metarctia virgata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Metarctia |
| Species: | M. virgata |
| Binomial name | |
| Metarctia virgata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metarctia virgata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1921. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [1]
James John Joicey FES was an English amateur entomologist, who assembled an extensive collection of Lepidoptera in his private research museum, called the Hill Museum, in Witley, Surrey. His collection, 40 years in the making, was considered to have been the second largest in the world held privately and to have numbered over 1.5 million specimens. Joicey was a fellow of the Zoological Society of London, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Entomological Society, the Royal Horticultural Society, and the Linnean Society of London.
Metarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.
Apisa subargentea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1921. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Rwanda.
Carcinarctia kivuensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1924. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zaire.
Carcinarctia rufa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1921. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
Metarctia collocalia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1957. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Stenoglene is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae from Africa. The genus was described by Felder in 1874.
Disparctia thomensis is a moth species of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926. It is found on São Tomé Island off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.
Kiriakoffalia costimacula is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1924. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.
Metarctia crocina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1973. It is found in Zimbabwe.
Metarctia didyma is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1957. It is found in the Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger and Nigeria.
Metarctia hypomela is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1956. It is found in Kenya.
Teracotona pallida is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1924. It is found in Rwanda.
Teracotona multistrigata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1924. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
Dactyloceras barnsi is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1924. It is found in Rwanda and possibly Kenya.
Stenoglene pellucida is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1924. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orientale).