| FAMILY |
Noctuidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Noctuinae
|
| GENUS |
Mentaxya |
| SPECIES |
vuattouxi
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| AUTHOR | Laporte, 1972 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Mentaxya vuattouxi n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Côte d'Ivoire, Lamto, 10.iii.1970, leg. R. Vuattoux.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Laporte 383♂, MNHN.
|
| STATUS |
Synonym of species |
| SYNONYM OF | viridis |
| COMMENT | A junior subjective synonym of Lycophotia viridis Hampson, 1911; synonymized by A. Legrain (i.l. 23.vi.2017). |
| PUBLICATION |
Laporte B. 1972a. Nouvelles espèces de noctuelles trifides d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 77(7-8):237-249.
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| PAGINATION |
238-239, fig. 2
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