Metarctia unicolor is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya.[1]

Metarctia unicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. unicolor
Binomial name
Metarctia unicolor
(Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Automolis unicolor Oberthür, 1880
  • Metarctia abyssinibia Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia aegrota Berio, 1939
  • Metarctia erlangeri Rothschild, 1910
  • Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922

References

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  1. ^ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-24.