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Athetis orbata (Möschler, 1884)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Caradrinini (tribe)/  Athetina (subtribe)/  Athetis (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Athetis pigra
Authorship:(Möschler, 1884)
Citation:C.[aradrina] orbata n. sp.
Original genus:Caradrina
Publication:Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes.
Journal:Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien
Volume:33 (1883)
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Pagination:293; pl. 16, fig. 7
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14215212
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Athetis orbata (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Caradrina pigra Guenée, 1852; synonymized by G. F. Hampson (1909a: 346).

Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued).
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Athetis orbata (Möschler, 1884) Holotype ♂ MfN Holotype ♂, MfN. South Africa South Africa, Eastern Cape, Caffraria, Missionsstation Baziya, 2800 ft, 1879, leg. Hartmann.
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