Thacona amata (Fawcett, 1916)

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FAMILY Notodontidae
SUBFAMILY Scranciinae
GENUS Thacona
SPECIES amata
AUTHOR(Fawcett, 1916)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONScrancia amata, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 13.i.1912, leg. W. Feather.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Thacona by A. Schintlmeister & T. Witt (2015: 20) by synonymizing Scrancia Holland, 1893 with Thacona Walker, 1864.
PUBLICATION Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1.
PAGINATION 725-726; pl. 1, fig. 28 Bhl

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the West Kasai   RMCA
Kenya   Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1. 726

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