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Mecyna holoxanthia (Hampson, 1899)

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Higher taxa: Crambidae (family)/  Spilomelinae (subfamily)/  Nomophilini (tribe)/  Mecyna (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Mecyna procillusalis
Authorship:(Hampson, 1899)
Citation:Metasia holoxanthia, n. sp.
Original genus:Metasia
Publication:Hampson G. F. 1899b. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae, part 2.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:1899
Issue:1
Pagination:239
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31572187
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Mecyna by K. V. N. Maes (2014b: 141); a junior subjective synonym of Botys procillusalis Walker, 1859; synonymized by K. Maes (2014b: 141).

Maes K. V. N. 2014b. Notes on the Crambidae of Africa with new synonyms and combinations (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambidae).
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Mecyna holoxanthia (Hampson, 1899) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Estcourt, leg. J. M. Hutchinson.
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