Metarctia benitensis

Metarctia benitensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda.[1]

Metarctia benitensis
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Arctiinae
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M. benitensis
Binomial name
Metarctia benitensis
Holland, 1893
Synonyms
  • Metarctia paniscus Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia subnigra Kiriakoff, 1958

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.


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