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Eretmocera lunifera Zeller, 1852

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Higher taxa: Scythrididae (family)/  Scythridinae (subfamily)/  Eretmocera (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Eretmocera fuscipennis
Authorship:Zeller, 1852
Citation:[Eretmocera] (Eretmocera) Lunifera
Original genus:Eretmocera
Publication:Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit.
Journal:Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Nye Handlingar
Volume:(Ser. 3) 40
Issue:
Pagination:100
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34531744
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Eretmocera lunifera (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Eretmocera fuscipennis Zeller, 1852; synonymized by E. Meyrick (1917d: 62).

Meyrick E. 1917d. Dimorphic variation in a South African Tineid.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Eretmocera lunifera Zeller, 1852 Holotype ♀ SNHM Holotype ♀, SNHM. South Africa South Africa, "Habitat ubi praecedens" [= "Habitat in tractibus fluviorum Limpoponis et Gariepis"], leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
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