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Metula Kiriakoff, 1958

Higher taxa: Notodontidae (family)/  Notodontinae (subfamily)/  Metula (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Epimetula
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1958
Citation:Genre Metula gen. nov.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Desmeocraera albipuncta Gaede, 1928. – In Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 14: 413; pl. 69, fig. f. By original designation. A junior homonym of Metula Adams H. & Adams A., 1853 [Mollusca]. The objective replacement name is Epimetula Kiriakoff, 1964.
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1958d. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). Desmeocraera et genres voisins.
Journal:Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés
Volume:66
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Pagination:68