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Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Geyer, 1837
Citation:Mentaxya Muscosa
Original genus:Mentaxya
Publication:Geyer C. 1837a. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter neuer oder seltener Nichteuropäischer Arten. (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes). Fünftes Hundert.
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Volume:5
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Pagination:10; pl. 414, figs 827, 828
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12723767
Name(English):Bark Quaker
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Mentaxya muscosa (1)
Taxonomic note:

See also E. Berio (1953b: 6).

Berio E. 1953b. Contributo alla conoscenza di Noctuidae poco note, diagnosi di nuove specie e note critiche.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Holotype ♂ Holotype ♂, lost. South Africa South Africa, leg. J. C. Grimm.
Distribution note:

The records of Madagascar (Hampson 1902: 260, 1903a: 553, Gaede 1934: 36) refer to Mentaxya trisellata Viette, 1958 (see P. Viette 1963a: 123).

Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Cameroon Laporte B. 1973c. Nouvelles espèces de noctuelles d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Lep.). page 56 (as suffusalis)
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the South Kivu Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. page 282
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Eritrea Joannis J. de 1913. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea raccolti nel 1902–03 dal Dott. A. Andreini. Lépidoptères. Heterocera. page 126
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Kenya Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 553
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Lesotho Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 553
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Somalia Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 553
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 South Africa Western Cape page J. Heyns
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 South Africa Gauteng Hampson G. F. 1911. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae. page 417 (as mesosema)
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). page 316
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 South Africa Geyer C. 1837a. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter neuer oder seltener Nichteuropäischer Arten. (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes). Fünftes Hundert. page 10
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Nicotiana tabacum Solanaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 184
Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837 Zantedeschia sp. Araceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). page 316
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Mentaxya mesosema (Hampson, 1911) (Hampson, 1911) species Synonym Agrotis mesosema
Mentaxya metathoracica (Berio, 1939) (Berio, 1939) species Synonym Agrotis metathoracica
Mentaxya suffusalis Laporte, 1973 Laporte, 1973 species Synonym Mentaxya suffusalis