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Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865)

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, Western Cape, Cape, 1844, leg. A. Smith.
Distribution note:

The record of Yemen (Hampson in Walsingham 1896: 261) refers to another species (see H. Hacker 2019b: 462).

Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Angola Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 504
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Botswana Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 410
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Eswatini page K. Braun
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 410
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Lesotho Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 410
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Namibia Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. – In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. page 96
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) South Africa Northern Cape Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 503
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) South Africa Western Cape Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3. page 773
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) South Africa Eastern Cape Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 462
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) South Africa Gauteng page J. Heyns
Acontiola varia (Walker, 1865) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 410
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Acontiola mustelina (Wallengren, 1875) (Wallengren, 1875) species Synonym Microphysa mustelina