Thacona accipiter (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
| FAMILY | Notodontidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Scranciinae |
| GENUS | Thacona |
| SPECIES | accipiter |
| AUTHOR | (Schaus & Clements, 1893) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Opigena accipiter, sp. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Sierra Leone. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, AMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Thacona by A. Schintlmeister & T. Witt (2015: 20) by synonymizing Scrancia Holland, 1893 with Thacona Walker, 1864. |
| PUBLICATION | Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. - — :i-vi, 1-46, pls 1-3. |
| PAGINATION |
33; pl. 2, fig. 7
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Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Orientale | RMCA | |
| Sierra Leone | Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. - — :i-vi, 1-46, pls 1-3. | 33 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Euphorbiaceae | Sapium ellipticum | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 180 |
