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Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Erebinae (subfamily)/ Pericymini (tribe)/ Cortyta (genus)/ Cortyta canescens (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1858
Citation:	Cortyta canescens
Original genus:	Cortyta
Publication:	Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	13 (1857)
Issue:
Pagination:	1077
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39337074

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Cortyta canescens canescens (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa], Caffraria, leg. M. Becker.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	Namibia		Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. – In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. page 99
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	South Africa		Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae. page 1077
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 219
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 454
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	Yemen		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 323
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 219

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858	Vachellia xanthophloea	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7

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