Metarctia collocalia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1957. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[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. collocalia
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| Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
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Subspecies
edit- Metarctia collocalia collocalia (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
- Metarctia collocalia montium Kiriakoff, 1957 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Metarctia collocalia kilimaensis (Kiriakoff, 1957) (Tanzania)
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957". Afromoths. Retrieved November 7, 2019.