Acrapex njombea Le Ru, 2018

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sesamiina (subtribe)/  Acrapex (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Le Ru, 2018
Citation:	Acrapex njombea Le Ru, n. sp.
Original genus:	Acrapex
Publication:	Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics.
Journal:	Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)
Volume:	55
Issue:	3
Pagination:	234–235, figs 2e, 2n, 5d, 7e–h

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acrapex njombea Le Ru, 2018	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Le Ru 660♂, MNHN	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa, Region, Njombe, Iboya, 1664 m, iv.2014, leg. B. Le Ru.
Acrapex njombea Le Ru, 2018	Paratype	♂	MNHN	Paratypes 13♂, 5♀, genitalia slides B. Le Ru 585♂, 663♂, 665♂, 678♂, 679♂, 696♂, 681♀, 691♀, 697♀, MNHN.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Iringa, Region, Njombe, Iboya, 1664 m, iv.2014, leg. B. Le Ru.

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Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acrapex njombea Le Ru, 2018	Tanzania		Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics. page 234

Plant note:

In a young stem (see B. Le Ru et al. 2019: 235).

Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Acrapex njombea Le Ru, 2018	Imperata cylindrica	Poaceae	Tanzania	Le Ru B. P., Musyoka B. K., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Chipabika G., Conlong D., Ong’Amo G., Barbut J. & Kergoat G. J. 2019. Updated phylogenetic and systematics of the Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910 and A. stygiata (Hampson, 1910) species groups (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with the description of nine new species from the Afrotropics. page 234

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