Metarctia rufescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Metarctia |
| Species: | M. rufescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855
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Metarctia rufescens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.