Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarhodia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Kiriakoff, 1979)
Citation:	Metarhodia epimela sp. nov.
Original genus:	Metarhodia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1979. Neue aethiopische Notodontoidea (Lepidoptera) aus der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München.
Journal:	Spixiana
Volume:	2
Issue:	3
Pagination:	237–238, fig. 33; pl. 2, fig. 31
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28200147

Metarctia epimela (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979)	Holotype	♂	ZSM	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 415♂, ZSM	Tanzania	Tanzania, N. Tanganyika, Mt Meru, Momella, 1600–1800 m, 01–10.ii.1964, leg. W. Forster.
Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979)	Allotype	♂	ZSM	Allotype ♀, ZSM: 16 Paratypes ♂, ♀, ZSM.	Tanzania	Tanzania, N. Tanganyika, Mt Meru, Momella, 1600–1800 m, 01–10.ii.1964, leg. W. Forster.

Distribution note:

Taxonomic status unclear (see Ł. Przybyłowicz 2009: 84).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarctia epimela (Kiriakoff, 1979)	Tanzania		Kiriakoff S. G. 1979. Neue aethiopische Notodontoidea (Lepidoptera) aus der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. page 238

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Metarctia epimela (1)

Metarctia epimela (2)

Metarctia epimela (3)

Metarctia epimela (4)

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