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Issue: Vol. 5154 No. 4: 16 Jun. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.4.5
Page range: 477-482
Abstract views: 306
PDF downloaded: 29

On the status of Hypena helenae Berio, 1972 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae)

Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte Dessau, Askanische Str. 32, D-06842 Dessau, Germany
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 87, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Lepidoptera Taxonomy synonymy Erebidae Hypena St Helena Island

Abstract

The authors present the results of morphological, anatomic and genetic studies on Hypena helenae Berio, 1972. They revealed the synonymy of this species with Hypena commixtalis Zeller, 1852 (Hypena helenae Berio, 1972 syn. nov.).

 

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