Metarctia benitensis

Metarctia benitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Metarctia
Species: M. benitensis
Binomial name
Metarctia benitensis
Holland, 1893
Synonyms
  • Metarctia paniscus Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia subnigra Kiriakoff, 1958

Metarctia benitensis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda.[1]

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