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Heraclia niveosparsa (Westwood, 1881)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Agaristinae (subfamily)/  Heraclia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Heraclia geryon
Authorship:(Westwood, 1881)
Citation:Eusemia niveosparta, Westw.
Original genus:Eusemia
Publication:Westwood J. O. 1881a. Entomology. – In: Oates, F.: Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls.
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Pagination:355
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31525902
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Heraclia niveosparsa (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Noctua geryon Fabricius, 1781; synonymized by A. H. Collins (2021: 241). Had been synonymized with Eusemia pallida Walker, 1854 by K. Jordan (1913: 6).

Collins A. H. 2021. Elucidating the nomenclature and taxonomy of Phalaena euphemia Stoll, 1781, the type species of the genus Heraclia Hübner, [1820] (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae).
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Heraclia niveosparsa (Westwood, 1881) Syntype ♀ OUMNH Syntypes 2♀, type no LEP 550, OUMNH. Cameroon Cameroon, "Habitat in Montibus Cameroons", W Africa, 1873–1875, leg. F. Oates.
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