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Zekelita sahariensis (Rothschild, 1921)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Hypeninae (subfamily)/ Zekelita (genus)/ Conita (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Rothschild, 1921)
Citation:	Rhynchinia sahariensis sp. nov.
Original genus:	Rhynchina
Publication:	Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	28
Issue:	1
Pagination:	169
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152345

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Zekelita by M. Lödl & B. Mayerl (1998: 186). Transferred to subgenus Conita by H. Hacker (2021: 211).

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 sahariensis (Rothschild, 1921)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 16392♀, NHMUK.	Niger	[Niger], S of Asben, Agades, 09.vii.1920, leg. A. Buchanan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Zekelita sahariensis (Rothschild, 1921)	Niger		Rothschild W. 1921a. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr expedition. V. On the Lepidoptera collected by Captain A. Buchanan in northern Nigeria and the southern Sahara in 1919–1920. page 169
Zekelita sahariensis (Rothschild, 1921)	Sudan		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 184

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