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Mentaxya ignetincta (Hampson, 1918)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Mentaxya ignicollis
Authorship:(Hampson, 1918)
Citation:Lycophotia ignetincta n. sp.
Original genus:Lycophotia
Publication:Hampson G. F. 1918a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:25
Issue:1
Pagination:114
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3856917
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Mentaxya ignetincta (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Agrotis ignicollis Walker, 1857; 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 ignetincta (Hampson, 1918) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 1937♂, NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Johannesburg, leg. Cruger.
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