Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)

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Permalink:	DESMCHLO
Higher taxa:	Notodontidae (family)/  Notodontinae (subfamily)/  Dicranurini (tribe)/  Desmeocraera (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Holland, 1893)
Citation:	S.[omera] chloëropsis, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Somera
Publication:	Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Psyche
Volume:	6
Issue:	201
Pagination:	476; pl. 17, fig. 22
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265668

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Desmeocraera by M. Gaede (1928: 413).

Gaede M. 1928. Thaumetopoeidae, Notodontidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)	Holotype	♂	CMNH	Holotype ♂, CMNH.	Gabon	Gabon, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé, leg. A. C. Good.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)	Cameroon		Kiriakoff S. G. 1958d. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). Desmeocraera et genres voisins. page 33
Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Kiriakoff S. G. 1958d. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). Desmeocraera et genres voisins. page 33
Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)	Côte d'Ivoire		Kiriakoff S. G. 1968c. Sur les Notodontidae (Lep. Notodontoidea) de la Côte d'Ivoire. page 1462
Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)	Gabon		Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. page 476
Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)	Tanzania		Kiriakoff S. G. 1973c. Notodontoidea (Lepidoptera) aus der Staatssammlung München. page 75

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Desmeocraera chloeropis Kiriakoff, 1964	Kiriakoff, 1964	species	Misapplied	Desmeocraera chloeropis
Desmeocraera spectabilis Kiriakoff, 1958	Kiriakoff, 1958	species	Synonym	Desmeocraera spectabilis