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Metarctia flavivena

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Metarctia flavivena
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. flavivena
Binomial name
Metarctia flavivena
Hampson, 1901
Synonyms
  • Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1902
  • Metarctia panyamana Strand, 1920
  • Metarctia rothschildi Le Cerf, 1922
  • Metarctia zegina Strand, 1920

Metarctia flavivena is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved October 28, 2018.