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Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Pericymini (tribe)/  Heteropalpia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1865)
Citation:Polydesma vetusta
Original genus:Polydesma
Publication:Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3.
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Volume:33
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Pagination:875
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38917932
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Heteropalpia vetusta (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Heteropalpia by E. P. Wiltshire (1970a: 98). Has been transferred to Rhabdophera by H. Hacker (2016a: 325).

Wiltshire E. P. 1970a. Middle East Lepidoptera XVIII. A review of the genus Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer and neighbouring genera (Noctuidae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Tams 38/408♂, NHMUK. India [India], Madras, Gooty, leg. Campbell.
Distribution note:

Oriental: India; Palaearctic: Afghansitan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Levant, Palestine, Turkey.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 137
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Botswana Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 319
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 55
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Ethiopia Berio E. 1935a. Spedizione del barone Raimondo Franchetti in Dancalia. Lepidotteri. page 282
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Kenya Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. page 715
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1980b. The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition. page 205
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1970a. Middle East Lepidoptera XVIII. A review of the genus Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer and neighbouring genera (Noctuidae). page 106
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Somalia Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 319
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 324
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Sudan Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 324
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) United Arab Emirates Wiltshire E. P. 1988b. Fam. Metarbelidae, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae (part 6). – In Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (eds.) Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 81
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 370
Heteropalpia vetusta (Walker, 1865) Yemen Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 263
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Heteropalpia pallidior (Strand, 1917) (Strand, 1917) species Misapplied Cortyta pallidior