Lipatephia
| Lipatephia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Hampson, 1926 |
| Species: | L. illegitima
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| Binomial name | |
| Lipatephia illegitima Wallengren, 1875
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Lipatephia is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Erebidae. It was established by George Hampson in 1926. The sole species within this genus, Lipatephia illegitima, was first described by Wallengren in 1875. This species is found in South Africa.[1][2]
Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and Afromoths give this name as a synonym of Aedia Hübner, [1823] and the species as Aedia illegitima (Wallengren, 1875).[3][4]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lipatephia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Lipatephia Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 1, 2020). "Aedia Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Aedia illegitima (Wallengren, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 18, 2020.