Sciomesa iboya Le Ru, 2025

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Permalink:	SCIOIBOY
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sciomesa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Le Ru, 2025
Citation:	Sciomesa iboya Le Ru n. sp.
Original genus:	Sciomesa
Publication:	Le Ru B., Hévin N. M.-C., Capdeville-Dulac C., Musyoka B. K., Conlong D., Van Den Berg J., Ndemah R., Le Gall Ph., Nyamukondiwa C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Haile A., Chipapika G., Ong'amo G., Clamens A.-L., Barbut J. & Kergoat G.J. 2025. Review of the noctuid stemborer genus Sciomesa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): taxonomy, phylogeny and ecology, with the description of 12 new species.
Journal:	Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)
Volume:	61
Issue:	3
Pagination:	197–199, figs 2i, u, 3e, 4, 6a–d
URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2025.2500960

Sciomesa iboya (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Sciomesa iboya Le Ru, 2025	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Le Ru 729♂, MNHN.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa Province, Njombe, Iboya, 9°25′33″S 35°03′41″E, 1664 m, 2014-04-04, leg. B. Le Ru.
Sciomesa iboya Le Ru, 2025	Paratype	♂	MNHN	Paratypes 3♂, 2♀, genitalia slides B. Le Ru 670♀, G727♀, MNHN.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa Province, Njombe, Iboya, 9°25′33″S 35°03′41″E, 1664 m, 2014-04-04, leg. B. Le Ru.
Sciomesa iboya Le Ru, 2025	Paratype	♂	MNHN	Paratype 1♂, genitalia slide B. Le Ru G951♂, MNHN.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa Province, Iringa, Sao Hill, 8°27′25″S 35°10′02″E, 1845 m, 2015_12-13, leg. B. Le Ru.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Sciomesa iboya Le Ru, 2025	Tanzania		Le Ru B., Hévin N. M.-C., Capdeville-Dulac C., Musyoka B. K., Conlong D., Van Den Berg J., Ndemah R., Le Gall Ph., Nyamukondiwa C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Haile A., Chipapika G., Ong'amo G., Clamens A.-L., Barbut J. & Kergoat G.J. 2025. Review of the noctuid stemborer genus Sciomesa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): taxonomy, phylogeny and ecology, with the description of 12 new species. page 197

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