Metarctia unicolor

Metarctia unicolor is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya.[1]

Metarctia unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Metarctia
Species:
M. unicolor
Binomial name
Metarctia unicolor
(Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Automolis unicolor Oberthür, 1880
  • Metarctia abyssinibia Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia aegrota Berio, 1939
  • Metarctia erlangeri Rothschild, 1910
  • Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922

References
  1. "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-24.


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