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Phytometra subflavalis pentheus (Fawcett, 1916)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Boletobiinae (subfamily)/  Phytometrini (tribe)/  Phytometra (genus)/  Phytometra subflavalis (species)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Phytometra subflavalis africana
Authorship:(Fawcett, 1916)
Citation:Athetis pentheus, sp. n.
Original genus:Athetis
Publication:Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:1916
Issue:4
Pagination:711; pl. 1, fig. 27
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31565167
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Phytometra subflavalis pentheus (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Xanthoptera africana Snellen, 1872; synonymized by H. Hacker (2019a: 208).

Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1.
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Phytometra subflavalis pentheus (Fawcett, 1916) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Kenya [Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 12.iv.1912, leg. W. Feather.
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