Species Mythimna formosana (Butler, 1880)

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• Aletia formosana Butler,A.G. 1880. For a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 666-691 [675].
• Leucania adusta Moore, 1881.
• Sideridis conferta Warren, W. 1913. Hadeninae. 67-105, pls 9-13 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [1912-1913]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Macrolepidoptera of the Indo-Australian Fauna. 11. Noctuiform Phalaenae. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag ii+488 pp, 56 pls. [94].

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   Syntype(s) BMNH.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [329] (Note 729. Mythimna formosana (Butler, 1880). In Australia it has not been possible to reliably distinguish Mythimna formosana (Butler) and M. semicana (Pagenstecher, 1900) without dissecting the genitalia. The third described species in the species complex is M. pseudoformosana (Robinson, 1975). This last species is curious in that the female genitalia are similar to those of M. formosana (Butler) while the male genitalia are similar to those of M. semicana (Pagenstecher). Further study is needed on this complex)

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