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Automolis hewitti (Janse, 1945)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Automolis (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Automolis incensa
Authorship:(Janse, 1945)
Citation:Metarctia hewitti spec. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Janse A. J. T. 1945b. On the South African species of Metarctia, with the description of a new species.
Journal:Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa
Volume:8
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Pagination:97–98, figs 10a–c
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Anace incensa Walker, 1864; synonymized by S. G. Kiriakoff (1957b: 132).

Kiriakoff S. G. 1957b. Notes sur les Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Automolis hewitti (Janse, 1945) Holotype ♂ TMSA Holotype ♂, TMSA South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Rhyn's Dorp, nearly 200 miles North of Cape Town, x.1944, leg. W. Hewitt.
Automolis hewitti (Janse, 1945) Paratype ♂ TMSA Paratype 1♂, TMSA. South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Rhyn's Dorp, nearly 200 miles North of Cape Town, x.1944, leg. W. Hewitt.
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