Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855a
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C57C-FEEB-62F6-FC1FFDF19F35 |
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Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855a |
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Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855a View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth.
SYNONYM(S): Hexaneura maculifera Wallengren, 1860 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Zambezi and Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larvae of the taxon have been reported to feed on leaf litter, roots of yet to be identified grasses and on Tradescanthia sp. ( Commelinaceae ).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kiriakoff 1957b.
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