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Exilisia bipuncta (Hampson, 1900)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Exilisia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Hampson, 1900)
Citation:Philenora bipuncta, n. sp.
Original genus:Philenora
Publication:Hampson G. F. 1900a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum II. Arctiadae: Nolinae, Lithosianae.
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Volume:2
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Pagination:508; pl. 33, fig. 21
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18437606
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Exilisia bipuncta (1)
Taxonomic note:

The ♀ paralectotype (Madagascar) was not retrieved in the BMNH and it most probably belongs to another species; the ♂ paralectotype (S Africa), described as ab. prominens Strand, 1922, is also not conspecific with the holotype (see Volynkin 2020a: 600).

Volynkin A. V. 2020a. Two new Exilisia Toulgoët, 1958 from mainland Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Exilisia bipuncta (Hampson, 1900) Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Lectotype ♂, designated by A. V. Volynkin (2020a: 600), type no NHMUK010918116, genitalia slide Arctiidae 494♂, NHMUK South Africa [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Cape Colony, Transkei, Tolini, leg. F. Barrett. Volynkin A. V. 2020a. Two new Exilisia Toulgoët, 1958 from mainland Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). page 508; pl. 33, fig. 21
Exilisia bipuncta (Hampson, 1900) Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Paralectotypes 1♂, 1♀, NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Cape Colony, Transkei, Tolini, leg. F. Barrett. Volynkin A. V. 2020a. Two new Exilisia Toulgoët, 1958 from mainland Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). page 508; pl. 33, fig. 21
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Exilisia prominens (Strand, 1922) (Strand, 1922) species Misapplied Philenora prominens