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Mythimna melianoides (Möschler, 1884)

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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 URL
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 North-West page H. Roland
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 Gauteng 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) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 291
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