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Teracotona obscurior Wichgraf, 1908

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Teracotona (genus)/  Teracotona (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Teracotona quadripunctata
Authorship:Wichgraf, 1908
Citation:Teracotona rhodophaea Nov. v. obscurior
Original genus:Teracotona
Publication:Wichgraf F. 1908. Neue Afrikanische Heteroceren.
Journal:Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:22
Issue:26
Pagination:107
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31630874
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Teracotona rhodophaea quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908; synonymised by V. V. Dubatolov (2009: 293).

Dubatolov V. V. 2009. Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V. Kovtunovich and P. Ustujuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, ...).
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Teracotona obscurior Wichgraf, 1908 Holotype ♂ MfN Holotype ♂, MfN. Togo Togo.
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