Metarctia lateritia

Metarctia lateritia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Metarctia lateritia
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M. lateritia
Binomial name
Metarctia lateritia
Synonyms
  • Automolis lateritia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Hebena venosa Walker, 1856

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia lateritia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 2, 2018.


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