Pseudarctia nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedLymantriinae (tribe)/  Pseudarctia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Bethune-Baker, 1911
Citation:	Pseudarctia nivea, sp. n.
Original genus:	Pseudarctia
Publication:	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(8) 7
Issue:	42
Pagination:	540
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098501

Pseudarctia rubrifemora (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Had been transferred to Spilosoma by C. L. Collenette (1955a: 189).

Collenette C. L. 1955a. A key to the African genera of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pseudarctia nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Uganda	Uganda, N'Tebi.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Pseudarctia nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Dufrane A. 1939. Lépidoptères du Kivu (1re note). page 406 (as rubrifemora)
Pseudarctia nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911	Uganda		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. page 540

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Pseudarctia rubrifemora (1)

Pseudarctia rubrifemora (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Pseudarctia rubrifemora (Bethune-Baker, 1913)	(Bethune-Baker, 1913)	species	Synonym	Acantharctia rubrifemora
Pseudarctia ugandensis (Hering, 1926)	(Hering, 1926)	species	Synonym	Dasychira ugandensis