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Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1960

Permalink:	SCIOJANT
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/ Xyleninae (subfamily)/ Apameini (tribe)/ Sciomesa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Viette, 1960
Citation:	Sciomesa janthina n. sp.
Original genus:	Sciomesa
Publication:	Viette P. 1960d. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de Noctuelles de Madagascar et des Comores, III (Lep. Noctuidae).
Journal:	Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Volume:	64 (1959)
Issue:	9–10
Pagination:	228–229
URL:	https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1959_num_64_9_20498https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1959_num_64_9_20498

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Sciomesa janthina (1)

Taxonomic note:

This species does not belong to Sciomesa (see B. Le Ru et al. 2025: 181).

Le Ru B., Hévin N. M.-C., Capdeville-Dulac C., Musyoka B. K., Conlong D., Van Den Berg J., Ndemah R., Le Gall Ph., Nyamukondiwa C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Haile A., Chipapika G., Ong'amo G., Clamens A.-L., Barbut J. & Kergoat G.J. 2025. Review of the noctuid stemborer genus Sciomesa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): taxonomy, phylogeny and ecology, with the description of 12 new species.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1960	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, MNHN.	Madagascar	Madagascar Central, Andringitra Massif, Cirque Boby, 2500 m, 1958-01-12, leg. R. Paulian & P. Griveaud.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1960	Madagascar		Viette P. 1960d. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de Noctuelles de Madagascar et des Comores, III (Lep. Noctuidae). page 228

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