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Sesamia poebora Tams & Bowden, 1953

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sesamia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Sesamia penniseti
Authorship:Tams & Bowden, 1953
Citation:Sesamia poebora, sp. n.
Original genus:Sesamia
Publication:Tams W. H. T. & Bowden J. 1953. A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guenée and related genera (Agrotidae, Lepidoptera).
Journal:Bulletin of Entomological Research
Volume:43
Issue:4
Pagination:670–671
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Sesamia poebora (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Sesamia penniseti Tams & Bowden, 1953; synonymized by P. Moyal et al. (2011) but treated as a distinct species by H. Hacker (2016: 596).

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.).
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Sesamia poebora Tams & Bowden, 1953 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 1242♂, NHMUK. Uganda Uganda, Kawanda, e.l. Pennisetum purpureum 08.x.1940, leg. T. H. C. Taylor.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination