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Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Syntomini (tribe)/ Thyretina (subtribe)/ Metarctia (genus)/ Metarctia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hampson, 1909
Citation:	Metarctia pumila, sp. n.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1909b. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(8) 4
Issue:	22
Pagination:	344–345
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097723

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Metarctia pumila (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, designated by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 78), NHMUK	Uganda	Uganda, White Nile, Gondokoro, leg. W. E. Reymes-Cole.	Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. page 344–345
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Paralectotypes 1♂, 2♀, NHMUK.	Uganda	Uganda, White Nile, Gondokoro, leg. W. E. Reymes-Cole.	Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. page 344–345

Distribution note:

The record of Democratic Republic of Congo (S. G. Kiriakoff 1953a: 44) needs confirmation.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909	Eritrea		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. page 48
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909	Ethiopia		Kiriakoff S. G. 1955f. Die Thyretidae (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea) aus der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. page 261
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909	Sudan		Seitz A. 1926b. Syntomidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 53
Metarctia pumila Hampson, 1909	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1909b. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae. page 345

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