Lipatephia

Lipatephia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Lipatephia illegitima, was first described by Wallengren in 1875. It is found in South Africa.

Lipatephia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Lipatephia

Hampson, 1926
Species:
L. illegitima
Binomial name
Lipatephia illegitima
Wallengren, 1875
Synonyms
  • Anophia illegitima Wallengren, 1875
  • Aedia illegitima (Wallengren, 1875)

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).

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