Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Balacra (genus)/  Lamprobalacra (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Holland, 1893
Citation:	B.[alacra] rubricincta, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Balacra
Publication:	Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Psyche
Volume:	6
Issue:	201
Pagination:	396
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265574

Balacra rubricincta (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Female described by M. Ochse (2017: 8).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Holotype	♂	CMNH	Holotype ♂, CMNH.	Gabon	Gabon, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé [Kango], leg. A. C. Good.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Angola		Kiriakoff S. G. 1961b. Die Thyretidae (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea) der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. II. Beitrag. page 110
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Cameroon		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 149
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Congo		Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 46
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 73
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 73
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Côte d'Ivoire		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 149
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Equatorial Guinea		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 149
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Gabon		Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. page 396
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Ghana		Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 151
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Kenya		Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 149
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Liberia		Ochse M. 2017. Arctiinae der Subtribus Thyretina in der westafrikanischen Regenwaldregion (Erebidae). page 8
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Nigeria		Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 45 (as furva)
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1955c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (I). page 200

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Balacra rubricincta (1)

Balacra rubricincta (2)

Balacra rubricincta (3)

Balacra rubricincta (4)

Balacra ashantica (1)

Balacra ashantica (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Balacra ashantica (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Pseudapiconoma ashantica