Metarctia haematica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

Metarctia haematica
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. haematica
Binomial name
Metarctia haematica
Holland, 1893
Synonyms
  • Metarctia haematosphages Holland, 1893

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.