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Rhynchina obliqualis

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Rhynchina obliqualis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Rhynchina
Species:
R. obliqualis
Binomial name
Rhynchina obliqualis
(Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Hypena obliqualis Kollar, 1844
  • Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854
  • Rhynchina cramboides Butler, 1879

Rhynchina obliqualis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844.[1] The type locality is Mussoorie, in the Indian Himalayas.[2]

R. obliqualis had been widely confused with Hypena obacerralis in the past. Hypena masurialis was an unnecessary replacement name for R. obliqualis but most observations under this species name are probably Hypena obacerralis.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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The moth is found across Africa and in parts of the Middle East.[3]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ^ a b (in German) Lödl, 1994. "Zur Wiederauffindung der Type von Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844) [Hypena] comb.n. im Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, nebst Bemerkungen zur Synonymie (Inserta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 96 B 369-372.
  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 12, 2020.