Sciomesa etchecopari Laporte, 1975

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sciomesa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Laporte, 1975
Citation:	Sciomesa (?) etchecopari n. sp.
Original genus:	Sciomesa
Publication:	Laporte B. 1975a. Diagnoses de 17 nouvelles espèces de Noctuidae d'Ethiopie et du Kenya (Lépidoptères).
Journal:	Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon
Volume:	44
Issue:	8
Pagination:	282, figs 8, 28
URL:	https://www.persee.fr/doc/linly_0366-1326_1975_num_44_8_10206https://www.persee.fr/doc/linly_0366-1326_1975_num_44_8_10206

Sciomesa etchecopari (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Had been synonymised with Conicofrontia mesophaea Aurivillius, 1910 by P. Moyal et al. (2010: 648). Treated as a separate species by B. Le Ru et al. (2025: 194).

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 etchecopari Laporte, 1975	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Laporte 961♂, MNHN.	Ethiopia	Ethiopia, near Kébré-Mengist, 1800–2000 m, 12.xi.1973, leg. P.-C. Rougeot.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Sciomesa etchecopari Laporte, 1975	Ethiopia		Laporte B. 1975a. Diagnoses de 17 nouvelles espèces de Noctuidae d'Ethiopie et du Kenya (Lépidoptères). page 282

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Sciomesa etchecopari (1)

Sciomesa etchecopari (2)

Sciomesa etchecopari (3)

Sciomesa etchecopari (4)

Sciomesa etchecopari (5)

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