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Elsa Kiriakoff, 1953

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Rhipidarctia (genus)/  Elsa (subgenus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Rhipidarctia
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1953
Citation:Elsa gen. nov.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Anace invaria Walker, 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the British Museum 7: 1720. By original designation. A junior homonym of Elsa Honrath, 1892 [Nymphalidae]; the objective replacement name is Elsita Kiriakoff, 1954.
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie
Volume:26
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Pagination:23–24