Carcinarctia rufa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1921. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.[1]

Carcinarctia rufa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Carcinarctia
Species:
C. rufa
Binomial name
Carcinarctia rufa
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma rufa Joicey & Talbot, 1921
  • Spilosoma kivuensis Debauche, 1942
  • Carcinarctia xanthica Joicey & Talbot, 1924

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Carcinarctia rufa Joicey & Talbot, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 14, 2019.