Poecilarctia

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Poecilarctia is a moth genus in the Arctiinae subfamily. It has only one species, Poecilarctia venata. This moth is found in Zimbabwe and Malawi, Africa. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1921. A synonym for Poecilarctia venata is Spilosoma rubricosta.

Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Arctiinae
- Subtribe: Spilosomina
- Genus: Poecilarctia
- Species: venata

Binomial name: Poecilarctia venata
Authority: Aurivillius, 1921