Balacra distincta Kiriakoff, 1953

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Arctiinae
GENUS Balacra
SPECIES distincta
AUTHORKiriakoff, 1953
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONBalacra distincta sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai], Lusambo, 15.vi.1949, leg. M. Fontaine.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -4°57'0" Longitude: 23°25'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, RMCA; Paratypes 2♂, RMCA.
STATUS Synonym of species
SYNONYM OFbatesi
COMMENTA junior subjective synonym of Pseudapiconoma batesi Druce, 1910; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 14).
PUBLICATION Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie 26:1-91, pls 1-7.
PAGINATION 66; pl. 5, fig. 58; pl. 7, fig. 91

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