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Metarctia flavicincta

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Metarctia flavicincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. flavicincta
Binomial name
Metarctia flavicincta
Synonyms
  • Metarctia contrasta Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Metarctia (Notharctia) dracuncula Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia jacksoni Kiriakoff, 1956
  • Metarctia moira Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia subpumila Kiriakoff, 1957

Metarctia flavicincta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1900 and is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.