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Leptolepida Bethune-Baker, 1911

Higher taxa: Notodontidae (family)/  Chadisrinae (subfamily)/  Leptolepida (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Bethune-Baker, 1911
Citation:Leptolepida, gen. nov.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Leptolepida malangae Bethune-Baker, 1911. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7: 559. Had been synonymised with Stenostaura by Kiriakoff (1970: 6), but was restored as valid genus by Schintlmeister & Witt (2015: 72). Transferred to Chadisrinae by St Laurent et al. (2025 – https://doi.org/10.5479/si.28912337).
Publication:Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(8) 7
Issue:42
Pagination:559
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098520
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination Images
Leptolepida dorsalis (Kiriakoff, 1969) (Kiriakoff, 1969) species Accepted Stenostaura dorsalis
Leptolepida elegans (Kiriakoff, 1970) (Kiriakoff, 1970) species Synonym Stenostaura elegans
Leptolepida krugeri László & Schintlmeister, 2021 László & Schintlmeister, 2021 species Accepted Leptolepida krugeri
Leptolepida leonina (Kiriakoff, 1970) (Kiriakoff, 1970) species Synonym Jozinia leonina
Leptolepida malangae Bethune-Baker, 1911 Bethune-Baker, 1911 species Accepted Leptolepida malangae
Leptolepida rattus (Kiriakoff, 1970) (Kiriakoff, 1970) species Accepted Taeniopteryx rattus
Leptolepida rhodesiae Kiriakoff, 1965 Kiriakoff, 1965 species Synonym Leptolepida rhodesiae
Leptolepida varians Kiriakoff, 1962 Kiriakoff, 1962 species Accepted Leptolepida varians
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Jozinia Kiriakoff, 1970 Kiriakoff, 1970 genus Synonym
Leptolipidia Neave, 1939 Neave, 1939 genus Misapplied