Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (Collenette, 1953)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Rhypopteryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Collenette, 1953)
Citation:	Lymantria kettlewelli, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Lymantria
Publication:	Collenette C. L. 1953. Notes on African Lymantriidae, with descriptions of some new species.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(12) 6
Issue:	68
Pagination:	576–577; pl. 13, fig. 13

Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See A. Schintlmeister (2004: 224).

Schintlmeister A. 2004. The taxonomy of the genus Lymantria Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (Collenette, 1953)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Province, Wilderness, Knysna, iv.1950, leg. H. B. D. Kettlewell.
Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (Collenette, 1953)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 6♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Province, Wilderness, Knysna, iv.1950, leg. H. B. D. Kettlewell.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (Collenette, 1953)	South Africa	Western Cape	Collenette C. L. 1953. Notes on African Lymantriidae, with descriptions of some new species. page 577
Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (Collenette, 1953)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Collenette C. L. 1953. Notes on African Lymantriidae, with descriptions of some new species. page 577

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Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (1)

Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (2)

Rhypopteryx kettlewelli (3)

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