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Metarctia margaretha Kiriakoff, 1957

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Collocaliodes (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Metarctia tenebrosa
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:Metarctia (Collocaliodes) margaretha spec. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1957a. New Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:100
Issue:1
Pagination:111, fig. 25; pl.7, fig. 54
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30310166

Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 18).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metarctia margaretha Kiriakoff, 1957 Holotype NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK Kenya [Kenya], British East Africa, Nairobi, 5600 ft, iv.1920, leg. W. N. van Someren.
Metarctia margaretha Kiriakoff, 1957 Paratype NHMUK Paratype 1♀, NHMUK. Kenya [Kenya], British East Africa, Nairobi, 5600 ft, iv.1920, leg. W. N. van Someren.
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