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Mentaxya amatura (Walker, 1858)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Mentaxya albifrons
Authorship:(Walker, 1858)
Citation:Agrotis amatura
Original genus:Agrotis
Publication:Walker F. 1858d. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XV.– Noctuidae.
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Volume:15
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Pagination:1700–1701
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39337713
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Mentaxya amatura (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Eugraphe albifrons Geyer, 1837; synonymized by R. W. Poole (1989: 645).

Poole R. W. 1989. Noctuidae. – In: Heppner J. B. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fasc. 118, Parts 1, 2, 3.
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Mentaxya amatura (Walker, 1858) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, genitalia slide NHMUK 627♂, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. Gueinzius.
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