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Mecistorhabdia burgessi Kiriakoff, 1957

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Mecistorhabdia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:Mecistorhabdia burgessi spec. nov.
Original genus:Mecistorhabdia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1957a. New Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:100
Issue:1
Pagination:96–97, fig. 3; pl. 5, fig. 32
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30310147
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Mecistorhabdia burgessi (1)
Taxonomic note:

Had been considered as a junior subjective synonym of Mecistorhabdia haematoessa (Holland, 1893) (see Ł. Przybyłowicz & L. Kühne (2008: 150). Retrieved from synonymy by Ignatev et al. (2020: 143).

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.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mecistorhabdia burgessi Kiriakoff, 1957 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Uganda Uganda SW, Kigezi District, Impenetrable Forest, Kanungu, 4500 ft, v.1952, leg. J. A. Burgess.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination