Metarctia cinnamomea (Wallengren, 1860)
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Arctiinae |
GENUS | Metarctia |
SPECIES | cinnamomea |
AUTHOR | (Wallengren, 1860) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Hexaneura cinnamomea n. gen. et sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa], Caffraria, leg. J. A. Wahlberg. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, SNHM. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 4(2):33–46, (6): 161–176. |
PAGINATION |
164
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Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Mozambique | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63. | 173 | |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63. | 173 |
South Africa | Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 4(2):33–46, (6): 161–176. | 164 |
Host Plants
Unknown