Leucania continentalis Berio, 1962

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Hadeninae (subfamily)/  Leucaniini (tribe)/  Leucania (genus)/  Boursinania (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Leucania punctulata
Authorship:	Berio, 1962
Citation:	Leucania (Boursiniana) continentalis n. sp.
Original genus:	Leucania
Publication:	Berio E. 1962a. Diagnosi e sinonimie di Noctuidae dell'Africa centrale (Hadeninae).
Journal:	Doriana
Volume:	3
Issue:	121
Pagination:	2, fig. 2

Leucania continentalis (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Leucania punctulata Wallengren, 1856; synonymized by A. Legrain in H. Hacker (2019a: 482). At least two paratypes from the DR Congo deposited in the RMCA are not conspecific (Legrain i.l. 25.xi.2015).

Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Leucania continentalis Berio, 1962	Holotype	♂	MSNM	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. Berio 1048♂, MSNM	Cameroon	Cameroon, Misellele, 20.xi.1935, leg. A. W. Kampf.
Leucania continentalis Berio, 1962	Allotype	♀	MSNM	Allotype ♀, MSNM	Cameroon	Cameroon, Misellele, 20.xi.1935, leg. A. W. Kampf.
Leucania continentalis Berio, 1962	Paratype	♂	RMCA	Paratypes 6♂, 13♀, RMCA, MSNM.	Cameroon	Cameroon, Misellele, 20.xi.1935, leg. A. W. Kampf.

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Leucania continentalis (1)

Leucania continentalis (2)

Leucania continentalis (3)

Leucania continentalis (4)

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