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Metarctia rubripuncta

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Metarctia rubripuncta
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. rubripuncta
Binomial name
Metarctia rubripuncta
Hampson, 1898
Synonyms
  • Metarctia chapini Holland, 1920
  • Automolis chapini
  • Metarctia denisae Dufrane, 1945
  • Metarctia impura Kiriakoff, 1959
  • Metarctia rosea Aurivillius, 1906

Metarctia rubripuncta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved October 28, 2018.