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Madacontia magnifica (Viette, 1958)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Madacontia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Viette, 1958)
Citation:Calpiformis magnifica n. sp.
Original genus:Calpiformis
Publication:Viette P. 1958f. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de Noctuelles de Madagascar, I. (Lep. Noctuidae).
Journal:Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Volume:62 (1957)
Issue:9–10
Pagination:274
URL:https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1957_num_62_9_20378 https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1957_num_62_9_20378
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Madacontia magnifica (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Acontia by H. Hacker (2010: 365). A junior secondary homonym of Acontia magnifica Neumoegen, 1891; the objective replacement name is Acontia (Uracontia) viettei Hacker, 2010.

Hacker H. H. 2010. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) by Hermann H. Hacker, Albert Legrain and Michael Fibiger (Esperiana 14: 7–533). Corrigenda and Supplementa.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Madacontia magnifica (Viette, 1958) Holotype ♂ MNHN Holotype ♂, MNHN Madagascar Madagascar E, Moramanga District, near Perinet [Andasibe], Analamazaotra Forest, 910 m, 22.xi.1955, leg. P. Viette.
Madacontia magnifica (Viette, 1958) Allotype ♀ MNHN Allotype ♀, MNHN. Madagascar Madagascar E, Moramanga District, near Perinet [Andasibe], Analamazaotra Forest, 910 m, 22.xi.1955, leg. P. Viette.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Madacontia magnifica (Viette, 1958) Madagascar Viette P. 1958f. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de Noctuelles de Madagascar, I. (Lep. Noctuidae). page 274
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Madacontia viettei (Hacker, 2010) (Hacker, 2010) species Synonym Acontia viettei