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Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarctia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Walker, 1855
Citation:Metarctia rufescens
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Walker F. 1855a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:3
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Pagination:769–770
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418793
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Metarctia rufescens (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Syntype ♂ NHMUK 4 Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. M. Gueinzius.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Burundi Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 53
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 44
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 53
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Strand E. 1913b. Lepidoptera aus dem belgischen Kongo. page 90
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the East Kasai Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 53
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Dufrane A. 1936. Hétérocères. page 129
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the West Kasai Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 53
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 53
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Gabon Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 148
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Guinea Dufrane A. 1936. Hétérocères. page 129
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Kenya Kiriakoff S. G. 1955f. Die Thyretidae (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea) aus der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. page 263
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Mozambique Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page 32
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Rwanda Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 53
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1855a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 770
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 South Africa Mpumalanga Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 197
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 197
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Tanzania Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 44
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Uganda Sevastopulo D. G. 1955c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (I). page 200
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Zambia Kiriakoff S. G. 1957b. Notes sur les Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 134
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 Zimbabwe Janse A. J. T. 1945b. On the South African species of Metarctia, with the description of a new species. page 92
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 16). On the roots of pasture grasses (see R. H. Le Pelley 1959, D. G. Sevastopulo 1975: 176).

Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV.
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Metarctia fuscorufescens Strand, 1917 Strand, 1917 species Misapplied Metarctia fuscorufescens
Metarctia maculifera (Wallengren, 1860) (Wallengren, 1860) species Synonym Hexaneura maculifera
Metarctia postfuscescens Strand, 1917 Strand, 1917 species Misapplied Metarctia postfuscescens