{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Aurivillius, 1921 | taxon = Poecilarctia venata | authority = Aurivillius, 1921 | synonyms = *''Spilosoma rubricosta'' }}
'''''Poecilarctia''''' is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, '''''Poecilarctia venata''''', can be found in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Both the genus and species were first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/poecilarctia/ |title=''Poecilarctia'' Aurivillius, 1921 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 28, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{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=23475.0 |title=''Poecilarctia'' Aurivillius, 1921 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=September 28, 2019}}
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Category:Lepidoptera of Malawi Category:Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Category:Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Spilosomina
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