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Platyja sassana (Strand, 1918)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Calpinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedCalpinae (tribe)/  Platyja (genus)/  Facidia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Platyja vacillans
Authorship:(Strand, 1918)
Citation:Facidia sassana Strand n. sp.
Original genus:Facidia
Publication:Strand E. 1918b. Noctuiden aus Belgisch-Kongo.
Journal:Zeitschrift des Österreichischen Entomologischen Vereins
Volume:3
Issue:3
Pagination:100
URL:https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZOEV_3_0077-0078.pdf https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZOEV_3_0077-0078.pdf
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Platyja sassana (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Tavia ? vacillans Walker, 1858; synonymized by M. Gaede (1939: 280, as vaccillans). Misplaced by R. W. Poole (1989: 447) as a valid species in Falcimala Hampson, 1895 (Herminiinae). Reconfirmed as a synonym of Tavia vacillans Walker, 1858 by A. Zilli & G. M. László (2022: 5).

Gaede M. 1934–1940. Noctuidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. IIe Abteilung: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. XV. Band: Eulenartige Nachtfalter.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Platyja sassana (Strand, 1918) Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, RMCA. Cameroon [Cameroon], Sassa Region, 1895–1896, leg. Colmant.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination