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Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  UnassignedErebidae (subfamily)/  Rhesala (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1866)
Citation:Magulaba moestalis
Original genus:Magulaba
Publication:Walker F. 1866a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV.– Supplement Part 4.
Journal:—
Volume:34 (1965)
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Pagination:1127
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38918188
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Rhesala moestalis (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, abdomen missing, NHMUK. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.
Distribution note:

Oriental: India, S Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Angola Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Botswana Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 87 (as ragazzii)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Côte d'Ivoire page MNHN
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Ethiopia Berio E. 1937b. Eteroceri africani apparentemente nuovi. page 376 (as ragazzii)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Gabon Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Ghana Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 688
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 428
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Madagascar Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. page 483 (as malgassica)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Malawi Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). page 278 (as nyasica)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Mauritius Berio E. 1954g. Etude de quelques Noctuidae Erastriinae de Madagascar (Lepid. Noctuidae). page 140 (as tetramelanosticta)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Mozambique Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 688
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Namibia Hacker H. H. 2004b. Nolidae and Noctuidae (excluding Catocalinae: Audeini and Tachosini) (Lepidoptera). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 266
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1901e. In: Ragonot E. L., Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. – In: Romanoff N. M., Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. page 428
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Oman Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 248
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Réunion Viette P. 1954e. Etude d'une petite collection de Lépidoptères de La Réunion. page 509
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Sao Tome & Principe São Tomé Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 688
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Saudi Arabia Hacker H. H. 2004b. Nolidae and Noctuidae (excluding Catocalinae: Audeini and Tachosini) (Lepidoptera). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 266
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Seychelles Praslin Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 270
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Seychelles Sainte-Anne Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 270
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Seychelles Mahé Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 270
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Sierra Leone Walker F. 1866a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV.– Supplement Part 4. page 1127
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Somalia Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 265
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) South Africa Mpumalanga Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) South Africa Northern Cape Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) South Africa Limpopo Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) South Africa Eastern Cape Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) South Africa Gauteng Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 280
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) South Africa North-West Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Sudan Rebel H. & Zerny H. 1917. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan), 1914. 1. Lepidoptera. page 432 (as inscripta)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Tanzania Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page 238
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 87 (as ragazzii)
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Yemen Butler A. G. 1885d. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. page 499
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Zambia Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 451
Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1901e. In: Ragonot E. L., Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. – In: Romanoff N. M., Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. page 428
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Rhesala figurata (Moore, 1885) (Moore, 1885) species Synonym Hingula figurata
Rhesala fuscula (von Heyden, 1891) (von Heyden, 1891) species Synonym Apphadana fuscula
Rhesala inscripta (Rebel, 1917) (Rebel, 1917) species Synonym Pyralomorpha inscripta
Rhesala maestalis Hampson, 1902 Hampson, 1902 species Misapplied Rhesala maestalis
Rhesala malgassica (von Heyden, 1891) (von Heyden, 1891) species Synonym Rimulia malgassica
Rhesala nyasica Hampson, 1926 Hampson, 1926 species Synonym Rhesala nyasica
Rhesala ragazzii (Berio, 1937) (Berio, 1937) species Synonym Cerynea ragazzii
Rhesala tetramelanosticta (Berio, 1954) (Berio, 1954) species Synonym Cerynea tetramelanosticta