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Mentaxya percurvata (Berio, 1955)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Berio, 1955)
Citation:Georyx percurvata n. sp.
Original genus:Georyx
Publication:Berio E. 1955d. Georyx muscosa Gey. e le specie affini (Lepid. Noct.).
Journal:Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines
Volume:51
Issue:3–4
Pagination:215–216, fig. 4
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Mentaxya percurvata (1)
Taxonomic note:

Synonymized with the unavailable name Agrotis bisignata Hampson, 1911 by A. Legrain (i.l. 2016), of which it becomes the subjective replacement name.

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mentaxya percurvata (Berio, 1955) Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. Berio 1025♂, RMCA. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu], Congo Belga, N of Lac Kivu, Rwankwi, 25.ii.1951, leg. J. V. Leroy.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Mentaxya percurvata (Berio, 1955) Coffea sp. Rubiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 184 (as bisignata)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Mentaxya bisignata (Hampson, 1911) (Hampson, 1911) species Misapplied Agrotis bisignata
Mentaxya bisignoides (Poole, 1989) (Poole, 1989) species Synonym Agrotis bisignoides
Mentaxya grisea Laporte, 1973 Laporte, 1973 species Synonym Mentaxya grisea
Mentaxya limbinigra (Berio, 1955) (Berio, 1955) species Misapplied Georyx limbinigra