Meganola cretaceoides (Poole, 1989)

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Permalink:	MEGACRET
Higher taxa:	Nolidae (family)/  Nolinae (subfamily)/  Nolini (tribe)/  Meganola (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Poole, 1989)
Citation:	Nola cretaceoides Poole Nola. New objective replacement name
Original genus:	Nola
Publication:	Poole R. W. 1989. Noctuidae. – In: Heppner J. B. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fasc. 118, Parts 1, 2, 3.
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Pagination:	694

Meganola cretaceoides (1)

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Taxonomic note:

The objective replacement name for Nola cretacea Hampson, 1914, a junior secondary homonym of Celama cretacea Hampson, 1901. Transferred to Meganola by H. Hacker et al. (2012: 282).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Meganola cretaceoides (Poole, 1989)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Nigeria	Nigeria N, Zungeru, 06.iv.1911, leg. S. Macfie.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Meganola cretaceoides (Poole, 1989)	Nigeria		Hampson G. F. 1914a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. page 417 (as cretacea)

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Meganola cretaceoides (1)

Meganola cretaceoides (2)

Meganola cretacea (1)

Meganola cretacea (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Meganola cretacea (Hampson, 1914)	(Hampson, 1914)	species	Misapplied	Nola cretacea