Antihepialus aurifaber (Felder R., 1874)

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FAMILY	Hepialidae
SUBFAMILY
GENUS	Antihepialus
SPECIES	aurifaber
AUTHOR	(Felder R., 1874)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Ptycholoma (Epialus) aurifaber F.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope], "Cap. b. sp."
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -34°21'0" Longitude: 18°28'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Synonym of species
SYNONYM OF	antarcticus
COMMENT	A junior subjective synonym of Hepiolus antarcticus Wallengen, 1860; synonymized by A. J. T. Janse (1942: 33) and by P. Viette (1950d: 74).
PUBLICATION	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.
PAGINATION	8; pl. lxxxii, fig. 11

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