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Platyja rivulosum (Saalmüller, 1880)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Calpinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedCalpinae (tribe)/  Platyja (genus)/  Facidia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Saalmüller, 1880)
Citation:Megacephalon Rivulosum
Original genus:Megacephalon
Publication:Saalmüller M. 1880. Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich im Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden.
Journal:Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M.
Volume:1879–1880
Issue:
Pagination:287–288
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9666954
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Platyja rivulosum (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Platyja (Facidia) by A. Zilli & G. M. László (2022: 9).

Zilli A. & László G. M. 2022. The African members of the Platyja genus group, with description of a new species and comments on other taxa currently attributed to Megacephalomana (Lepidoptera: Erebidae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Platyja rivulosum (Saalmüller, 1880) Syntype ♂ SNMF Syntypes ♂, ♀, number not stated, SNMF (see discussion on the type series in A. Zilli & G. M. László (2022: 9). Madagascar Madagascar Sambirano, Nossi Be, Lokoubé, 1880, leg. C. Ebenau. Zilli A. & László G. M. 2022. The African members of the Platyja genus group, with description of a new species and comments on other taxa currently attributed to Megacephalomana (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). page 9
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