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Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Geyer, 1837)
Citation:Eugraphe Albifrons
Original genus:Eugraphe
Publication:Geyer C. 1837a. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter neuer oder seltener Nichteuropäischer Arten. (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes). Fünftes Hundert.
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Volume:5
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Pagination:17, figs 859–860
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12723774
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Mentaxya albifrons (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Syntype ♂ Syntypes ♂, lost. Not stated.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Burundi page RMCA
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Cameroon Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 220
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 220
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu page RMCA
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Djibouti Laporte B. 1974c. Noctuidae du Territoire français des Afars et des Issas (Lep.). page 91
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Eritrea Berio E. 1940b. Lepidotteri raccolti dal col. Mommeret ad Asmara nel Luglio-Ottobre 1934 con descrizione di une nuova Asticta (Noctuidae). page 43 (as amatura)
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Eswatini page K. Braun
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Ethiopia Butler A. G. 1897c. On a collection of Lepidoptera obtained in the Arusa Galla Country in 1894by Mr. F. Gillet. page 693
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Kenya Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 220
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 169
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Madagascar Butler A. G. 1879b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar. page 393 (as amatura)
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Malawi Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 220
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) South Africa Walker F. 1857a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part X.– Noctuidae. page 340
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 294
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) South Africa Gauteng page J. Heyns
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Tanzania Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 220
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Uganda Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 220
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Yemen 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 628
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 210).

Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837) Undefined polyphagous Undefined Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 210
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Mentaxya amatura (Walker, 1858) (Walker, 1858) species Synonym Agrotis amatura