Macropitthea massagaria (Karsch, 1895)

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Permalink:	MACRMASS
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Hypochrosini (tribe)/  Macropitthea (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Karsch, 1895)
Citation:	Hypochrosis massagaria nov. spec.
Original genus:	Hypochrosis
Publication:	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II.
Journal:	Entomologische Nachrichten
Volume:	21
Issue:	23–24
Pagination:	359–360; pl. 2, fig. 10
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25411599

Macropitthea massagaria (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Macropitthea by C. Aurivillius (1925b: 1337).

Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Macropitthea massagaria (Karsch, 1895)	Syntype	♀	MfN	Syntypes 2♀, MfN.	Cameroon	Cameroon, Barombi Station, leg. P. Preuss.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Macropitthea massagaria (Karsch, 1895)	Cameroon		Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. page 360
Macropitthea massagaria (Karsch, 1895)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 309

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