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Metarctia phaeoptera

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Metarctia phaeoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Metarctia
Species:
M. phaeoptera
Binomial name
Metarctia phaeoptera
Hampson, 1909
Synonyms
  • Metarctia helga Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia tricolor Rougeot, 1977
  • Metarctia xanthippa Kiriakoff, 1956

Metarctia phaeoptera is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1909. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia phaeoptera Hampson, 1909". Afromoths. Retrieved October 28, 2018.


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