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Bessacta

Number: 3794.0
Author: Warren
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22249#page/68/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bessacta
Journal: Novit. zool.
Year: 1912
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 52
Ref Id: 6342.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 19
Type Country: INDIA
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: [E. Bengal], Silhet & Hindostan
Types: Syntypes- 4 males
Type Des: by original designation
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/268/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 966
Type Sp Part: (33)
Type Sp Year: 1865
Type Sp Ref Id: 6213.0
Type Sp Genus: Athyrma
Type Sp: polyspila
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=BESSACTA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae']
Memo: Poole (1989) included GALAPHA Walker, 1858; TEPHRIAS Wallengren, 1860; BAXAGHA Walker, 1865; and BESSACTA Warren, 1912 as junior synonyms of ANOBA Walker, 1958.
Type Comments: There are a total of 4 males from India & Bangladesh in the BMNH

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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