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Metarctia aegrota Berio, 1939

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarctia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Metarctia unicolor
Authorship:Berio, 1939
Citation:Metarctia lateritia aegrota f. n.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro.
Journal:Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana
Volume:17
Issue:1
Pagination:48
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Automolis unicolor Oberthür, 1880; synonymized with Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922 by S. G. Kiriakoff (1960b: 37).

Kiriakoff S. G. 1960b. Notodontidae africains nouveaux (Lepidoptera).
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Metarctia aegrota Berio, 1939 Holotype ♀ Holotype ♀, coll. Vaccaro (not located, see Ł. Przybyłowicz 2009: 82). Eritrea Eritrea, Elaberet. Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. page 48
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