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Sesamia mediastriga Bethune-Baker, 1911

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sesamiina (subtribe)/  Sesamia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Sesamia calamistis
Authorship:Bethune-Baker, 1911
Citation:Sesamia mediastriga, sp. n.
Original genus:Sesamia
Publication:Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(8) 8
Issue:46
Pagination:518
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617323
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910; synonymized by W. T. H. Tams & J. Bowden (1953: 664).

Tams W. H. T. & Bowden J. 1953. A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guenée and related genera (Agrotidae, Lepidoptera).
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Sesamia mediastriga Bethune-Baker, 1911 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Angola Angola, N'Dalla Tando [N'dalatando], 2700 ft, [no date], leg. W. J. Ansorge.
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