Metarctia haematica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Metarctia |
| Species: | M. haematica
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| Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
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References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.