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Lymantica epelytes Collenette, 1936

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Lymantica (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Lymantica rufofusca
Authorship:Collenette, 1936
Citation:Lymantica epelytes sp. nov.
Original genus:Lymantica
Publication:Collenette C. L. 1936b. New Lymantriidae from Madagascar.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:40
Issue:1
Pagination:154; pl. 12, fig. 24
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3331088
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Lymantica epelytes (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Lymantria rufofusca Mabille, 1900; synonymized by P. Griveaud (1977a: 118).

Griveaud P. 1977a. Insectes Lépidoptères Lymantriidae (1re partie).
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Lymantica epelytes Collenette, 1936 Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. Madagascar Madagascar E, Moramanga District, Perinet [Andasibe], 149 km E of Tananarivo [Antananarivo], xii.1932, leg. G. & N. d'Olsoufieff.
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