{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pl.1-06-Anace burra=Metarctia burra (Schaus, 1893).JPG | image_caption = ''Metarctia burra'' | taxon = Metarctia | authority = Walker, 1855 | synonyms = *''Metaretia'' <small>Pagenstecher, 1909</small> *''Anace'' <small>Walker, 1856</small> *''Hebena'' <small>Walker, 1856</small> *''Hexaneura'' <small>Wallengren, 1860</small> *''Notharctia'' <small>Strand, 1912</small> *''Thyretarctia'' <small>Strand, 1912</small> *''Mecistorhabdia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarhodia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Oenarctia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Pterophaea'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Collocaliodes'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Pinheya'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1973</small> *''Pinheyata'' <small>Nye, 1980</small> }}
'''''Metarctia''''' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=January 2, 2017 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/ctenuchinae/metarctia/ |title=''Metarctia'' Walker, 1855 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
==Species== {{Columns-list |colwidth=18em | *''Metarctia aethiops'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1953)</small> *''Metarctia alticola'' <small>Aurivillius, 1925</small> *''Metarctia atrivenata'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1956</small> *''Metarctia benitensis'' <small>Holland, 1893</small> *''Metarctia brunneipennis'' <small>Hering, 1932</small> *''Metarctia brunneoaurantiaca'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia burra'' <small>(Schaus, 1893)</small> *''Metarctia burungae'' <small>Debauche, 1942</small> *''Metarctia carmel'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia cinnamomea'' <small>(Wallengren, 1860)</small> *''Metarctia collocalia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia confederationis'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1961</small> *''Metarctia crocina'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia debauchei'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarctia didyma'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia diversa'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small> *''Metarctia dracoena'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1953)</small> *''Metarctia epimela'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1979)</small> *''Metarctia fario'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia flaviciliata'' <small>Hampson, 1907</small> *''Metarctia flavicincta'' <small>Aurivillius, 1900</small> *''Metarctia flavivena'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small> *''Metarctia flora'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia fontainei'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarctia forsteri'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1955</small> *''Metarctia fuliginosa'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarctia fulvia'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small> *''Metarctia fusca'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small> *''Metarctia galla'' <small>Rougeot, 1977</small> *''Metarctia haematica'' <small>Holland, 1893</small> *''Metarctia haematricha'' <small>Hampson, 1905</small> *''Metarctia hebenoides'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia heinrichi'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1961</small> *''Metarctia henrardi'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarctia heringi'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia hulstaertiana'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarctia hypomela'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1956</small> *''Metarctia inconspicua'' <small>Holland, 1892</small> *''Metarctia infausta'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia insignis'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1959</small> *''Metarctia jansei'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1957)</small> *''Metarctia johanna'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1979)</small> *''Metarctia jordani'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia kumasina'' <small>Strand, 1920</small> *''Metarctia lateritia'' <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)</small> *''Metarctia lindemannae'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1961</small> *''Metarctia longipalpis'' <small>Hulstaert, 1923</small> *''Metarctia lugubris'' <small>Gaede, 1926</small> *''Metarctia maria'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia metaleuca'' <small>Hampson, 1914</small> *''Metarctia morag'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia morosa'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia negusi'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia nigricornis'' <small>Debauche, 1942</small> *''Metarctia nigritarsis'' <small>Berio, 1941</small> *''Metarctia noctis'' <small>Druce, 1910</small> *''Metarctia olbrechtsi'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1953)</small> *''Metarctia pallens'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small> *''Metarctia pamela'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia paremphares'' <small>Holland, 1893</small> *''Metarctia paulis'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1961</small> *''Metarctia pavlitzkae'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1961)</small> *''Metarctia phaeoptera'' <small>Hampson, 1909</small> *''Metarctia priscilla'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia pulverea'' <small>Hampson, 1907</small> *''Metarctia pumila'' <small>Hampson, 1909</small> *''Metarctia quinta'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia robusta'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia rubra'' <small>(Walker, 1856)</small> *''Metarctia rubribasa'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small> *''Metarctia rubripuncta'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small> *''Metarctia rufescens'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> *''Metarctia saalfeldi'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1960</small> *''Metarctia salmonea'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Metarctia sarcosoma'' <small>Hampson, 1901</small> *''Metarctia schoutedeni'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Metarctia seydeliana'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1953)</small> *''Metarctia sheljuzhkoi'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1961</small> *''Metarctia subincarnata'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1954)</small> *''Metarctia subpallens'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1956</small> *''Metarctia tenebrosa'' <small>(Le Cerf, 1922)</small> *''Metarctia tenera'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia transvaalica'' <small>(Kiriakoff, 1973)</small> *''Metarctia tricolorana'' <small>Wichgraf, 1922</small> *''Metarctia unicolor'' <small>(Oberthür, 1880)</small> *''Metarctia uniformis'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small> *''Metarctia upembae'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1949</small> *''Metarctia venustissima'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1961</small> *''Metarctia virgata'' <small>Joicey & Talbot, 1921</small> }}
==Taxonomy== ''Collocaliodes'' was established as a subgenus of ''Metarctia''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=6796.0 |title=''Collocaliodes'' Kiriakoff, 1957 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *Przybyłowicz, Ł. & Bąkowski, M. (2011). [http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03031p060f.pdf "''Anapisa monotonia'' Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of ''Anapisa holobrunnea'' (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana"]. ''Zootaxa''. '''3031''': 54–60.
==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2019 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/742540 |title=''Metarctia'' Walker, 1855 |website=Afromoths |accessdate=October 31, 2019}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
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Category:Metarctia Category:Syntomini Category:Noctuoidea genera Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)