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Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Lithosiina (subtribe)/  Muxta (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Holland, 1893)
Citation:L.[epista] xanthopa, sp. nov.
Original genus:Lepista
Publication:Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera.
Journal:Psyche
Volume:6
Issue:201
Pagination:411
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265591
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Muxta xanthopa (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Muxta by J. Birket-Smith (1965: 58).

Birket-Smith J. 1965. A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a.o.).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Holotype ♂ CMNH Holotype ♂, CMNH. Gabon Gabon, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé, leg. A. C. Good.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Cameroon Strand E. 1912o. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera III. (Arctiidae etc.). page 92
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 100
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Gabon Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. page 411
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Ghana Hampson G. F. 1907c. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae. page 230 (as termineola)
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Kenya Kühne L. 2008. Sphingidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae, and Aganaidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 157
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Liberia Kühne L. 2008. Sphingidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae, and Aganaidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 157
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Nigeria Durante A. & Panzera S. 2001a. I lepidotteri del Delta del Niger (Secondo contributo) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). page 207
Muxta xanthopa (Holland, 1893) Uganda Kiriakoff S. G. 1958a. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Arctiidae (Except Nolidae). page 15
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Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Muxta termineola (Hampson, 1907) (Hampson, 1907) species Synonym Tigrioides termineola