Thacona astur (Kiriakoff, 1962)

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FAMILY Notodontidae
SUBFAMILY Scranciinae
GENUS Thacona
SPECIES astur
AUTHOR(Kiriakoff, 1962)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONScrancia astur sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Nigeria S], Warri, iv.1897, leg. F. Roth.
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 Kiriakoff S. G. 1962d. Notodontidae africains nouveaux (Lepidoptera). IV. - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés 114:1-52, pls 1-6.
PAGINATION 23-24, fig. 26

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Nigeria   Kiriakoff S. G. 1962d. Notodontidae africains nouveaux (Lepidoptera). IV. - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés 114:1-52, pls 1-6. 24

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