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Daniel Bartsch1, Szabolcs Sáfián2
1Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart; Rosenstein 1; 70191 Stuttgart; Germany. daniel.bartsch@smns-bw.de.
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|December 8, 2024
Abstract:
A new genus and species, Afranthrene cinerea gen. & sp. nov., from Angola is described and depicted. The new genus belongs to the Adixoa Hampson, [1893] genera group and is related to the African genera Fortikona Bartsch & Sáfián, 2023, Rubukona Fischer, 2007 and Thyranthrene Hampson, 1919. The female, early instars and host plant of the new species are unknown.
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