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Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Arctiini (tribe)/ Teracotona (genus)/ Pseudoteracotona (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1920)
Citation:	Seirarctia melanocera, n. sp.
Original genus:	Seirarctia
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1920b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaena in the British Museum. Supplement II. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum.
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Pagination:	472–473; pl. 66, figs 21, 22
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10062882

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Tanzania	[Tanzania], Germ. E. Africa, Ituimba Distr., leg. G. Wood.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)	Kenya		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20
Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)	Tanzania		Hampson G. F. 1920b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaena in the British Museum. Supplement II. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum. page 473
Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)	Uganda		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Teracotona kiboshoica (Szent-Ivany, 1942)	(Szent-Ivany, 1942)	species	Misapplied	Seirarctia kiboshoica