Teracotona clara clara Holland, 1892

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Teracotona (genus)/  Pseudoteracotona (subgenus)/  Teracotona clara (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Holland, 1892
Citation:	T.[eracotona] clara, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Teracotona
Publication:	Holland W. J. 1892a. Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera.
Journal:	The Entomologist
Volume:	25
Issue:	Supplement
Pagination:	92
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11244425

Teracotona clara clara (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Described again in more detail by W. J. Holland (1896a: 249–250; pl. 7, fig. 12).

Holland W. J. 1896a. List of the Lepidoptera collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbott, with descriptions of some apparently new species.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Teracotona clara clara Holland, 1892	Holotype	♂	USNM	Holotype ♂, USNM.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Kilimanjaro.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Teracotona clara clara Holland, 1892	Kenya		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20
Teracotona clara clara Holland, 1892	Tanzania		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 20

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Teracotona clara clara Holland, 1892	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined	Kenya	de Freina J. J. & Schellhorn S. 2021. Dokumentation der Präimaginalstadien von Teracotona clara Holland, 1892 mit kommentierter Checkliste der Gattung Teracotona Butler, 1878 (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Spilosomini). page 95

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Teracotona clara clara (1)

Teracotona clara clara (2)

Teracotona clara clara (3)

Teracotona clara clara (4)

Teracotona clara clara (5)

Teracotona clara clara (6)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Teracotona indistincta (Strand, 1921)	(Strand, 1921)	species	Misapplied	Seirarctia indistincta
Teracotona obscurascens Strand, 1921	Strand, 1921	species	Misapplied	Teracotona obscurascens