Metarctia benitensis
| Metarctia benitensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Metarctia |
| Species: | M. benitensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.