Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Collocaliodes (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Le Cerf, 1922
Citation:	Metarctia tenebrosa, n. sp.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères.
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Pagination:	393; pl. 42, fig. 13
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44732904

Metarctia tenebrosa (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, MNHN.	Kenya	[Kenya], Afrique orientale anglaise.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922	Ethiopia		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 (as haematricha)
Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922	Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 393
Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Przybyłowicz Ł. 2019. Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini: Thyretina (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 412
Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922	Tanzania		Kiriakoff S. G. 1961b. Die Thyretidae (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea) der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. II. Beitrag. page 106 (as margaretha)

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Metarctia tenebrosa (1)

Metarctia tenebrosa (2)

Metarctia margaretha (1)

Metarctia margaretha (2)

Metarctia margaretha (3)

Metarctia margaretha (4)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Metarctia margaretha Kiriakoff, 1957	Kiriakoff, 1957	species	Synonym	Metarctia margaretha