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Metarctia latipennis 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 haematricha
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:Metarctia (Metarctia) latipennis spec. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1957a. New Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:100
Issue:1
Pagination:102–103, fig. 10; pl. 5, fig. 39
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30310153
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Metarctia latipennis (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia latipennis Hampson, 1905; 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.
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Metarctia latipennis Kiriakoff, 1957 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Ethiopia [Ethiopia], Abyssinia, Dangila, 10.ix.1928, leg. R. E. Cheesman.
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