 
  | Permalink: | MECIHAEM | 
| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Syntomini (tribe)/ Thyretina (subtribe)/ Mecistorhabdia (genus)/ | 
| Status: | Accepted | 
| Authorship: | (Holland, 1893) | 
| Citation: | M.[etarctia] haematoessa, sp. nov. | 
| Original genus: | Metarctia | 
| Publication: | Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. | 
| Journal: | Psyche | 
| Volume: | 6 | 
| Issue: | 201 | 
| Pagination: | 396 | 
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265574 | 
 
                        
                        
                    Transferred to Mecistorhabdia by S. G. Kiriakoff (1953a: 29).
| Scientific name | TypeStatus | Gender | Museum | Description | Country | Locality | Publication | URL | 
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| Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) | Holotype | ♀ | CMNH | Holotype ♀, genitalia destroyed (see N. Ignatev et al. 2020: 142), CMNH. | Gabon | Gabon, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé [Kango], leg. A. C. Good. | Ignatev N., Grzywacz B. & Przybyłowicz Ł. 2020. A review of the genus Mecistorhabdia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini) with a description of a new species from the Central African Republic. page 142 | 
Several records might refer to Mecistorhabdia burgessi, formerly regarded as a synonym of Mecistorhabdia haematoessa.
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