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Balacra aurivilliusi Kiriakoff, 1957

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Balacra (genus)/  Balacra (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Balacra nigripennis
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:Balacra aurivilliusi sp. nov.
Original genus:Balacra
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1957b. Notes sur les Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Bulletin & Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
Volume:93
Issue:5–6
Pagination:151–152
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Balacra aurivilliusi (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Megapisa nigripennis Aurivillius, 1904; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 12).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Balacra aurivilliusi Kiriakoff, 1957 Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, RMCA Tanzania [Tanzania], Tanganyika, Kongolo, viii.1930.
Balacra aurivilliusi Kiriakoff, 1957 Paratype ♂ RMCA Paratypes 3♂, RMCA. Tanzania [Tanzania], Tanganyika, Kongolo, viii.1930.
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