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Sciomesa excelsa (Laporte, 1976)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Xyleninae (subfamily)/  Apameini (tribe)/  Sciomesa (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Laporte, 1976)
Citation:Sesamia excelsa n. sp.
Original genus:Sesamia
Publication:Laporte B. 1976. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusiers espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifinae (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie (3e note).
Journal:Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon
Volume:45
Issue:3
Pagination:134, fig. 9
URL:https://www.persee.fr/doc/linly_0366-1326_1976_num_45_3_10243https://www.persee.fr/doc/linly_0366-1326_1976_num_45_3_10243
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Sciomesa excelsa (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Sciomesa excelsa (Laporte, 1976) Holotype ♂ MNHN Holotype ♂, genitalia preparation B. Laporte not found (see B. Le Ru et al. 2025: 195), MNHN. Ethiopia Ethiopia, Oromia region, near Mt Batu, 3900 m, 1973-11-07, leg. P.-C. Rougeot. Le Ru B., Hévin N. M.-C., Capdeville-Dulac C., Musyoka B. K., Conlong D., Van Den Berg J., Ndemah R., Le Gall Ph., Nyamukondiwa C., Pallangyo B., Njaku M., Goftishu M., Assefa Y., Haile A., Chipapika G., Ong'amo G., Clamens A.-L., Barbut J. & Kergoat G.J. 2025. Review of the noctuid stemborer genus Sciomesa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): taxonomy, phylogeny and ecology, with the description of 12 new species. page 195
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Sciomesa sparsipuncta (Laporte, 1984) (Laporte, 1984) species Synonym Acrapex sparsipuncta