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Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Hadeninae (subfamily)/  Leucaniini (tribe)/  Mythimna (genus)/  Mythimna (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Möschler, 1884)
Citation:L.[eucania] melianoides n. sp.
Original genus:Leucania
Publication:Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes.
Journal:Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien
Volume:33 (1883)
Issue:
Pagination:291–292; pl. 16, fig. 4
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14215210
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Mythimna melianoides (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884) Holotype ♂ MfN Holotype ♂, MfN. South Africa [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Caffraria, Missionsstation Baziya, 2800 ft, 1879, leg. Hartmann.
Distribution note:

The record of Madagascar (Hampson 1905a: 562) is erroneous, A. Legrain (05.x.2017), see also Ch. Rungs (1956: 106); the records of Ethiopia, Kenya (Hampson 1905a: 562) and Uganda (Hampson 1909c: 106) need confirmation (i.l. A. Legrain (05.x.2017).

Rungs Ch. 1956. Contribution à l'étude des Leucania auct. de Madagascar (Lepid., Phalaenidae, Hadenidae).
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Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
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Mythimna mediofusca (Strand, 1917) (Strand, 1917) species Misapplied Borolia mediofusca