Desmeocraera falsa (Holland, 1893)

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Permalink:	DESMFALS
Higher taxa:	Notodontidae (family)/  Lusurinae (subfamily)/  Desmeocraera (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Holland, 1893)
Citation:	S.[omera] falsa, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Somera
Publication:	Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Psyche
Volume:	6
Issue:	201
Pagination:	487; pl. 17, fig. 31
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265683

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Desmeocraera by M. Gaede (1928: 411).

Gaede M. 1928. Thaumetopoeidae, Notodontidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Desmeocraera falsa (Holland, 1893)	Holotype	♂	CMNH	Holotype ♂, CMNH.	Gabon	Gabon, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé, leg. A. C. Good.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Desmeocraera falsa (Holland, 1893)	Cameroon		Kiriakoff S. G. 1958d. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). Desmeocraera et genres voisins. page 14
Desmeocraera falsa (Holland, 1893)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Kiriakoff S. G. 1958d. Les Notodontidae africains (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). Desmeocraera et genres voisins. page 14
Desmeocraera falsa (Holland, 1893)	Gabon		Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. page 487

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Desmeocraera fontainei Kiriakoff, 1958	Kiriakoff, 1958	species	Synonym	Desmeocraera fontainei