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Mentaxya mesosema (Hampson, 1911)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Mentaxya muscosa
Authorship:(Hampson, 1911)
Citation:Agrotis mesosema, sp. n.
Original genus:Agrotis
Publication:Hampson G. F. 1911. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(8) 8
Issue:46
Pagination:417–418
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617222
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Mentaxya mesosema (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837; synonymized by A. Legrain (i.l. 08.iv.2018); had been synonymized with Agrotis ignicollis Walker, 1857 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 mesosema (Hampson, 1911) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Johannesburg, iv.1906, leg. A. T. Cooke.
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