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Mentaxya sandrae Laporte, 1974

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Mentaxya (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Mentaxya basilewskyi
Authorship:Laporte, 1974
Citation:Mentaxya sandrae n. sp.
Original genus:Mentaxya
Publication:Laporte B. 1974a. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusieurs espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifides (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie.
Journal:Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon
Volume:43
Issue:6
Pagination:216, 218, figs 12, 24
URL:https://www.persee.fr/doc/linly_0366-1326_1974_num_43_6_10126 https://www.persee.fr/doc/linly_0366-1326_1974_num_43_6_10126

Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Georyx basilewskyi Berio, 1955; synonymized by A. Legrain (i.l. 08.iv.2018).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Mentaxya sandrae Laporte, 1974 Holotype MNHN Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Laporte 909♂, MNHN Ethiopia Ethiopia, near Kébré-Mengist, 1800–2000 m, 11.xi.1973, leg. P.-C. Rougeot.
Mentaxya sandrae Laporte, 1974 Allotype MNHN Allotype ♀, MNHN Ethiopia Ethiopia, near Kébré-Mengist, 1800–2000 m, 11.xi.1973, leg. P.-C. Rougeot.
Mentaxya sandrae Laporte, 1974 Paratype MNHN Paratypes 4♂, 3♀, MNHN. Ethiopia Ethiopia, near Kébré-Mengist, 1800–2000 m, 11.xi.1973, leg. P.-C. Rougeot.
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