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Tesma tessmanniana (Strand, 1912)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Lithosiina (subtribe)/  Tesma (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Tesma nigrapex
Authorship:(Strand, 1912)
Citation:Phryganopsis tessmanniana Strand n. sp.
Original genus:Phryganopsis
Publication:Strand E. 1912o. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera III. (Arctiidae etc.).
Journal:Archiv für Naturgeschichte
Volume:78 (A)
Issue:9
Pagination:95
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13317167
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Tesma by J. Birket-Smith (1965: 48). A junior subjective synonym of Phryganopsis nigrapex Strand, 1912; synonymized by J. Birket-Smith (1965: 49).

Birket-Smith J. 1965. A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a.o.).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Tesma tessmanniana (Strand, 1912) Holotype ♂ MfN Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see J. Birket-Smith 1965: 49), MfN Equatorial Guinea [Equatorial Guinea], Ntum region, Makomo, 12.v, leg. G. Tessmann. Birket-Smith J. 1965. A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a.o.). page 95
Tesma tessmanniana (Strand, 1912) Syntype ♂ MfN Syntype 1♂, MfN. Equatorial Guinea [Equatorial Guinea], Ntum region, Makomo, 12.v, leg. G. Tessmann. Birket-Smith J. 1965. A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctidae [sic], Lithosinae [sic]; incl. gena. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a.o.). page 95
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