Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Amphipyrinae (subfamily)/  Lyncestis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Gaede, 1939
Citation:	L.[yncestis] mimica n. sp.
Original genus:	Lyncestis
Publication:	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.
Journal:	—
Volume:	15
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Pagination:	268
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10354696

Lyncestis mimica (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, Africa E, Voi Plantations, 1912-11-21, leg. C. Montague Smyth.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	page BMNH
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Kenya		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. page 268
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Saudi Arabia		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 307
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Somalia		Berio E. 1985b. I nottuidi raccolti in Somalia del Prof. Simonetta nel 1978–79, con descrizione di nuovi taxa. page 27
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 350
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	South Africa	Limpopo	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 350 (map)
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Tanzania		page NHMO
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 275
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Zimbabwe		page R. Butler

Plant note:

Polyphagous on Boraginaceae (see H. S. Staude et al. 2023: 350).

Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined	South Africa	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 350

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Lyncestis mimica (1)

Lyncestis mimica (2)

Lyncestis mimica (3)

Lyncestis mimica (4)

Lyncestis mimica (5)

Lyncestis mimica (6)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination