Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900b
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Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900b
COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth.
SYNONYM(S): Metarctia contrasta Bethune-Baker, 1911 ; Metarctia jacksoni Kiriakoff, 1956 ; Metarctia dracuncula Kiriakoff, 1957c ; Metarctia moira Kiriakoff, 1957a ; Metarctia subpumila Kiriakoff, 1957c .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants are grasses ( Poaceae ).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kiriakoff 1973a, b.
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