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Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Hadeninae (subfamily)/  Leucaniini (tribe)/  Mythimna (genus)/  Mythimna (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Snellen, 1872)
Citation:Leucania Brantsii m. Nov. spec.
Original genus:Leucania
Publication:Snellen P. C. T. 1872. Bijdrage tot de vlinder-fauna van Neder-Guinea, zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika.
Journal:Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:15
Issue:
Pagination:48–49; pl. 4, fig. 7
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10839128
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Mythimna brantsii (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Holotype ♂ RMNH Holotype ♂, RMNH. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Neder-Guinea, v–x.1968, leg. M. G. van Woerden.
Distribution note:

The record of Comoros (Gaede 1916b: 116) refers to Leucania fallaciosa Rungs, 1956 (see P. Viette 1963a: 226).

Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Burundi page A. Legrain
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Snellen P. C. T. 1872. Bijdrage tot de vlinder-fauna van Neder-Guinea, zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika. page 48
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale page RMCA
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 275 (as atrimacula)
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Tanzania page NHMO, BMNH
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Togo page F. Aulombard
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Mythimna brantsii (Snellen, 1872) Undefined Grasses Undefined Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 185 (as atrimacula)
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
Mythimna atrimacula (Hampson, 1902) (Hampson, 1902) species Synonym Leucania atrimacula
Mythimna brantsi (Hampson, 1905) (Hampson, 1905) species Synonym Cirphis brantsi