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Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)

Permalink:	LEUCMELI
Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/ Hadeninae (subfamily)/ Leucaniini (tribe)/ Mythimna (genus)/ Mythimna (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Möschler, 1884)
Citation:	L.[eucania] melianoides n. sp.
Original genus:	Leucania
Publication:	Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes.
Journal:	Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien
Volume:	33 (1883)
Issue:
Pagination:	291–292; pl. 16, fig. 4
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14215210

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Mythimna melianoides (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, MfN.	South Africa	South Africa, Eastern Cape, Caffraria, Missionsstation Baziya, 2800 ft, 1879, leg. Hartmann.

Distribution note:

The record of Madagascar (Hampson 1905a: 562) is erroneous, A. Legrain (i.l. 05.x.2017), see also Ch. Rungs (1956: 106); the records of Ethiopia, Kenya (Hampson 1905a: 562) and Uganda (Hampson 1909c: 106) need confirmation (A. Legrain (i.l. 05.x.2017).

Rungs Ch. 1956. Contribution à l'étude des Leucania auct. de Madagascar (Lepid., Phalaenidae, Hadenidae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	Ethiopia		Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 562
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	Kenya		Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 562
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	South Africa	Gauteng	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 442 (map)
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 291
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	South Africa	Free State	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 442 (map)
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 425
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 106
Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. page 562

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Mythimna mediofusca (Strand, 1917)	(Strand, 1917)	species	Misapplied	Borolia mediofusca