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Rothia westwoodii Butler, 1879

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Agaristinae (subfamily)/  Rothia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Rothia virguncula
Authorship:Butler, 1879
Citation:Rothia Westwoodii, sp. n.
Original genus:Rothia
Publication:Butler A. G. 1879d. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with notes on some of the forms already described.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(5) 4
Issue:21
Pagination:235
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159810

Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Eusemia virguncula Mabille, 1879; synonymized by S. G. Kiriakoff & P. Viette (1974: 54).

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Rothia westwoodii Butler, 1879 Holotype NHMUK Holotype ♂, genitalia slide BM 8498♂, NHMUK. Madagascar Madagascar Central, Antananarivo [Tananarive], leg. Kingdon.
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