Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Hypeninae (subfamily)/  Zekelita (genus)/  Zekelita (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1863
Citation:	Zekelita equalisella
Original genus:	Zekelita
Publication:	Walker F. 1863b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII.– Crambites & Tortricites.
Journal:	—
Volume:	27
Issue:
Pagination:	199
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38947745

Zekelita squamilinea (1)

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Taxonomic note:

The holotype bares a non-original label with incorrect faunistic data, see M. Lödl & B. Mayerl (1997a: 241, 1998: 130).

Lödl M. & Mayerl B. 1998. Revision der Gattung Zekelita Walker, 1863 (= Rhynchodontodes Warren, 1913) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 16034♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna, leg. R. Trimen.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	Lesotho		Lödl M. & Mayerl B. 1998. Revision der Gattung Zekelita Walker, 1863 (= Rhynchodontodes Warren, 1913) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). page 130
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	South Africa	Western Cape	Walker F. 1863b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII.– Crambites & Tortricites. page 199
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	South Africa	Gauteng	Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 231 (as caesa)
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Lödl M. & Mayerl B. 1998. Revision der Gattung Zekelita Walker, 1863 (= Rhynchodontodes Warren, 1913) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). page 130
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 186
Zekelita equalisella Walker, 1863	Zimbabwe		Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 186

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Zekelita squamilinea (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Zekelita caesa (Distant, 1898)	(Distant, 1898)	species	Synonym	Rhynchina caesa
Zekelita squamilinea (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)	(Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)	species	Synonym	Thalpochares squamilinea