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Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Syntomini (tribe)/ Thyretina (subtribe)/ Balacra (genus)/ Pseudapiconoma (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1856
Citation:	Balacra flavimacula
Original genus:	Balacra
Publication:	Walker F. 1856a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
Journal:	—
Volume:	7
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Pagination:	1722
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38892110

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Balacra flavimacula (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Ghana	[Ghana], Ashanti, leg. Wesleyan Mission.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Angola		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 148
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Cameroon		Aurivillius C. 1892. Verzeichniss einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabon und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung. II. Heterocera. page 190
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Congo		Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 45
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 68
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 68
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 68
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 68
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Bandundu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 68
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Côte d'Ivoire		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 148
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). page 190
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 47 (as testacea)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Gabon		Aurivillius C. 1881. Om en samling fjärilar från Gaboon. page 46 (as testacea)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Ghana		Walker F. 1856a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 1722
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Guinea		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 148
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Kenya		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 148
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Liberia		Ochse M. 2017. Arctiinae der Subtribus Thyretina in der westafrikanischen Regenwaldregion (Erebidae). page 8
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Niger		Strand E. 1917d. Neue und wenig bekannte Nebenformen von Syntomididen. page 82 (as separata)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Nigeria		Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 151
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Tanzania		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 148
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1914a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. page 78 (as testacea)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Publication
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Carica sp.	Caricaceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as testacea)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Coffea sp.	Rubiaceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as testacea)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Morus sp.	Moraceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as testacea)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Solanum sp.	Solanaceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as testacea)
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856	Sonchus sp.	Asteraceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920	Strand, 1920	species	Synonym	Balacra micromacula
Balacra separata (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Pseudapiconoma separata
Balacra testacea (Aurivillius, 1881)	(Aurivillius, 1881)	species	Synonym	Pseudapiconoma testacea