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Balacra umbra (Druce, 1910)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Balacra (genus)/  Pseudapiconoma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Balacra preussi
Authorship:(Druce, 1910)
Citation:Pseudapiconoma umbra, sp. n.
Original genus:Pseudapiconoma
Publication:Druce H. 1910a. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical Africa.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(8) 5
Issue:29
Pagination:394
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094827
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Balacra umbra (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Pseudapiconoma preussi Aurivillius, 1904; synonymized by S. G. Kiriakoff (1957b: 150).

Kiriakoff S. G. 1957b. Notes sur les Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Balacra umbra (Druce, 1910) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Cameroon Cameroon, W Africa, Ja [Dja] river, Bitje [Bitye], 2000 ft, leg. G. L. Bates.
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