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Metacala

Number: 17747.0
Author: Beck
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metacala
Journal: Neue ent. Nachr.
Year: 1996
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 27
Ref Id: 301.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 36
Type Country: ? COUNTRY
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: ? Type status
Type Des: ? by original designation/monotypy
Type Sp Author: Vieweg
Type Sp Journal: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
Type Sp Page: 551
Type Sp Volume: 9
Type Sp Year: 1790
Type Sp Ref Id: 11515.0
Type Sp Genus: Catocala (Metacala)
Type Sp: electa
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=METACALA']
Memo: Originally described as a subgenus of CATOCALA Schrank, 1802.

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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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