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Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1857)
Citation:Agrotis ignicollis
Original genus:Agrotis
Publication:Walker F. 1857b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XI.– Noctuidae.
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Volume:11
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Pagination:740
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39340205
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Mentaxya ignicollis (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Holotype ♀ OUMNH Holotype ♀, type no LEP 1603, genitalia slide 305-1954♀, OUMNH. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban].
Distribution note:

The record of Madagascar (Berio 1955d: 219) refers to Mentaxya trisellata Viette, 1958 (see P. Viette 1963a: 123).

Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Cameroon Laporte B. 1973c. Nouvelles espèces de noctuelles d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Lep.). page 54 (as trisellatoides)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Comoros Anjouan (Nzwani) Viette P. 1960d. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de Noctuelles de Madagascar et des Comores, III (Lep. Noctuidae). page 222 (as comorana)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Congo Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale page RMCA
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Eritrea Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Eswatini page K. Braun
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Ethiopia Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Kenya Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 169
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Madagascar Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Malawi Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Mozambique Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1857b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XI.– Noctuidae. page 740
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) South Africa Mpumalanga page A. Legrain
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) South Africa Gauteng Hampson G. F. 1918a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae. page 114 (as ignetincta)
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) 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 485
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) South Africa Limpopo page H. Roland
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Tanzania Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Uganda Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.). page 218
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) 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 ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857) Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 186
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 comorana Viette, 1960 Viette, 1960 species Synonym Mentaxya comorana
Mentaxya ignetincta (Hampson, 1918) (Hampson, 1918) species Synonym Lycophotia ignetincta
Mentaxya trisellatoides Laporte, 1973 Laporte, 1973 species Synonym Mentaxya trisellatoides