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Metarctia pamela Kiriakoff, 1957

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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 metaleuca
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:Metarctia (Metarctia) pamela spec. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1957a. New Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:100
Issue:1
Pagination:104, fig. 14; pl. 6, fig. 42
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30310156
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Metarctia pamela (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia metaleuca Hampson, 1914; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 21).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metarctia pamela Kiriakoff, 1957 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Cameroon Cameroon, Bitje [Bitye], Ja [Dja] river, 2000 ft, iv–v.1912, leg. G. L. Bates.
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