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Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Syntomini (tribe)/ Thyretina (subtribe)/ Metarctia (genus)/ Metarctia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Bethune-Baker, 1911
Citation:	Metarctia pallens, sp. n.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(8) 7
Issue:	42
Pagination:	532
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098493

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Metarctia pallens (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Angola	Angola, N'Dalla Tando [N'dalatando], 2700 ft, 15.xi.1908, leg. W. J. Ansorge.

Distribution note:

The records of DR Congo (C. Aurivillius 1925a: 11, S. G. Kiriakoff 1953a: 48) and Malawi (S. G. Kiriakoff 1973a: 54) are misidentifications of other species (see Ł. Przybyłowicz 2009: 76).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2005a. Description of the female of Melanonaclia luctuosa (Oberthür, 1911) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911	Angola		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. page 532
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Aurivillius C. 1925a. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 12. Lepidoptera. 1. page 11
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	West Kasai	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 48
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 48
Metarctia pallens Bethune-Baker, 1911	Malawi		Kiriakoff S. G. 1973a. Neue oder wenig bekannte Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 54

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