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Elsita Kiriakoff, 1954

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Rhipidarctia (genus)/  Elsita (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Rhipidarctia
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1954
Citation:Elsita nom. 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. The objective replacement name of Elsa Kiriakoff, 1953. Synonymized with Rhipidarctia by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 28).
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1954a. Communications. Elsita nom. nov. (Lepidoptera, Thyretidae).
Journal:Bulletin & Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
Volume:90
Issue:1–2
Pagination:29