Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Boletobiinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedBoletobiinae (tribe)/  Cretonia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Hampson, 1910
Citation:	Cretonia ethiopica, n. sp.
Original genus:	Cretonia
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	10
Issue:
Pagination:	389–390, pl. 160, fig. 12
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32642410

Cretonia ethiopica (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 2♂, 3♀, NHMUK.	Zimbabwe	[Zimbabwe], Mashonaland, Salisbury [Harare], iii.1901, leg. G. A. K. Marshall.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Botswana		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 390
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Ethiopia		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 390
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Gambia		page R. Goff
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Kenya		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 390
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 233
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Somalia		Berio E. 1985b. I nottuidi raccolti in Somalia del Prof. Simonetta nel 1978–79, con descrizione di nuovi taxa. page 17
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	page NHMUK
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	South Africa		Vári L., Kroon D. M. & Krüger M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in Southern Africa. page 192
Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. page 390

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Cretonia obsoletimacula (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Cretonia obsoletimacula Strand, 1917	Strand, 1917	species	Misapplied	Cretonia obsoletimacula