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Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedErebinae (tribe)/  Cometaster (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Hopffer, 1857)
Citation:Spirama Pyrula Hpfr.
Original genus:Spirama
Publication:Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera.
Journal:Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Volume:1857
Issue:
Pagination:422
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071446
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Cometaster pyrula (1)
Taxonomic note:

See also H. C. Hopffer (1862: 435–436; pl. 28, fig. 118).

Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Holotype unknown MfN Holotype, abdomen missing (see H. C. Hopffer 1862: 436), MfN. Mozambique Mozambique, Tette, leg. Peters. Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt. page 422
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Botswana Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 319
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Berio E. 1965a. Le Catocaline Africane a tibie spinose del Museo di Tervuren. page 328
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Eswatini page TMSA
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 213
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Mozambique Hopffer H. C. 1857. Diagnosen der von Peters aus Mossambique mitgebrachten Lepidoptera. page 422
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 213
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) South Africa North-West page TMSA
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) South Africa Mpumalanga page TMSA
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 319
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) South Africa Limpopo Mey W. & Kühne L. 2014. Results of a short collecting trip to the Central Lowveld in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, with description of Deltote johnjoannoui sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 241
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) South Africa Gauteng page TMSA
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Tanzania page NHMO
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 213
Cometaster pyrula (Hopffer, 1857) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 213
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Cometaster lucida (Felder R., 1875) (Felder R., 1875) species Synonym Spirama lucida