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Metarctia

Number: 17846.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/806/mode/2up
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Metarctia
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1855
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 769
Part: (1-3)
Ref Id: 6164.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Syntominae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: [SOUTH AFRICA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Caffraria; and [Durban] Port Natal
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/806/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 769
Type Sp Part: (3)
Type Sp Year: 1855
Type Sp Ref Id: 6163.0
Type Sp Genus: Metarctia
Type Sp: rufescens
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=METARCTIA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctiidae']
Memo: Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- Metarctia was established in the Arctiidae; it was placed in the Thyretidae by Kiriakoff, 1960, in Wytsman, Genera Insect. 214 (E): 30, 35.

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c