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Platyja laportei (Berio, 1975)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Calpinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedCalpinae (tribe)/  Platyja (genus)/  Facidia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Berio, 1975)
Citation:Megacephalomana laportei n. sp.
Original genus:Megacephalomana
Publication:Berio E. 1975. Nuove genere e nuove specie di Noctuidae Africane (Lepidoptera).
Journal:Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria
Volume:80 (1974)
Issue:
Pagination:224–225, fig. 12
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34921636
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Platyja laportei (1)
Taxonomic note:

Provisionally transferred to Platyja ("Facidia") by A. Zilli & G. M. László (2022: 19).

Zilli A. & László G. M. 2022. The African members of the Platyja genus group, with description of a new species and comments on other taxa currently attributed to Megacephalomana (Lepidoptera: Erebidae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Platyja laportei (Berio, 1975) Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Laporte 839♂ [= E. Berio 5486♂, in MSNM], RMCA Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai], Congo, Sankuru, Katako-Kombe, 12.xi.1951, leg. M. Fontaine.
Platyja laportei (Berio, 1975) Paratype ♀ RMCA Paratypes 3♀, RMCA, MSNM. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai], Congo, Sankuru, Katako-Kombe, 12.xi.1951, leg. M. Fontaine.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination