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Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Bagisarinae (subfamily)/  Bagisarini (tribe)/  Honeyia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Fawcett, 1916)
Citation:Brevipecten clearchus, sp. n.
Original genus:Brevipecten
Publication:Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:1916
Issue:4
Pagination:723; pl. 1, fig. 31
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31565179

Taxonomic note:

In the original description only 2♀ syntypes are mentioned.

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Lectotype NHMUK Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide 3847♂, NHMUK, designated by H. Hacker & M. Fibiger (2007b: 275) Kenya [Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 27.xi.1912, leg. W. Feather. Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 723; pl. 1, fig. 31
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Lectotype NHMUK Paralectotypes 2♀, genitalia slide 3848♀, NHMUK. Kenya [Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 27.xi.1912, leg. W. Feather. Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 723; pl. 1, fig. 31
Distribution note:

The record of Somalia (Berio 1944: 78) refers to a Brevipecten species (see H. Hacker & M. Fibiger 2007b: 275).

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Djibouti Rougeot P.-C., Bourgogne J. & Laporte B. 1991. Les Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique orientale. page 430 (as genovefae)
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Ethiopia Hacker H. H. 2013. Additions to several revisions of Noctuid genera revised from 2001 to 2011, with descriptions of nine new species and three new subspecies from Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Iran, with faunistic notes (Noctuoidea). page 207
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Kenya Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. page 723
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Namibia Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 275
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 228
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Somalia page MSNM
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) South Africa Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 275
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Tanzania Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 275
Honeyia clearchus (Fawcett, 1916) Yemen Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 275
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Honeyia dionysiae (Laporte, 1991) (Laporte, 1991) species Synonym Oglasa dionysiae
Honeyia genovefae (Laporte, 1991) (Laporte, 1991) species Synonym Oglasa genovefae