Metarctia collocalia

Metarctia collocalia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1957. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[1]

Metarctia collocalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Metarctia
Species:
M. collocalia
Binomial name
Metarctia collocalia
Kiriakoff, 1957
Synonyms
  • Collocaliodes collocalia

Subspecies
  • Metarctia collocalia collocalia (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
  • Metarctia collocalia montium Kiriakoff, 1957 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Metarctia collocalia kilimaensis (Kiriakoff, 1957) (Tanzania)

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957". Afromoths. Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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