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Bunaea punctigera (Wallengren, 1860)

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Higher taxa: Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Bunaea (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Bunaea caffra
Authorship:(Wallengren, 1860)
Citation:Thyella punctigera n. sp.
Original genus:Thyella
Publication:Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen.
Journal:Wiener entomologische Monatschrift
Volume:4
Issue:2
Pagination:167
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31290473
Taxonomic note:

Had been synonymized with Attacus caffraria Stoll, 1790 by W. Rothschild (1895b: 38), but see H. Takano & G. M. László (2023: 48).

Takano H. & László G. M. 2023. Corrigendum: A provisional list of the Saturniidae and Eupterotidae of the Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea).
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Bunaea punctigera (Wallengren, 1860) Holotype ♀ SNHM Holotype ♀, SNHM. South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], "Locum natale incertum", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
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