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Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893

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Higher taxa: Limacodidae (family)/  Limacodinae (subfamily)/  Rhypteira (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Holland, 1893
Citation:R.[hypteira] sordida sp. nov.
Original genus:Rhypteira
Publication:Holland W. J. 1893c. New genera and species of West African Limacodidae.
Journal:Entomological News
Volume:4
Issue:
Pagination:107; pl. 7, fig. 19
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2558236
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Rhypteira sordida (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Holotype ♂ CMNH Holotype ♂, CMNH. Gabon Gabon, W Africa, Ogooué Valley.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Burkina Faso page MGCL
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Cameroon Aurivillius C. 1904c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera II. page 45
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Côte d'Ivoire page MGCL
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Equatorial Guinea Lencina Gutiérrez F. 2025. Nuevos registros de lepidoptera heterocera del Parque Nacional de Monte Alén (Región Continental, Guinea Ecuatorial) (Insecta: lepidoptera). page 77
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Gabon Holland W. J. 1893c. New genera and species of West African Limacodidae. page 107
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Ghana page NHMUK
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Nigeria Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. page 571 (as apiceplagata)
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Sierra Leone page T. Nicholson-Roberts
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893 Togo Karsch F. 1896d. Die äthiopischen Limakodiden des Berliner Museums. page 269
Plant note:

See B. J. MacNulty (1967: 2–3).

MacNulty B. J. 1967. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part II Limacodidae.
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Rhypteira apiceplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) (Bethune-Baker, 1911) species Synonym Somara apiceplagata