Thacona rachitica (Kiriakoff, 1962)

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FAMILY Notodontidae
SUBFAMILY Scranciinae
GENUS Thacona
SPECIES rachitica
AUTHOR(Kiriakoff, 1962)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONScrancia rachitica sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Uele, Paulis [Isiro], 27.vii.1958, leg. M. Fontaine.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, RMCA.
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 27-28, fig. 33

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale 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. 28

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