Rhynchina obliqualis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844.[1] The type locality is Mussoorie, in the Indian Himalayas.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Rhynchina |
| Species: | R. obliqualis
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| Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
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R. obliqualis had been widely confused with Hypena obacerralis in the past. Hypena masurialis was an unnecessary replacement name for R. obliqualis but most observations under this species name are probably Hypena obacerralis.[2]
Distribution and habitat edit
The moth is found across Africa and in parts of the Middle East.[3]
References edit
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ a b (in German) Lödl, 1994. "Zur Wiederauffindung der Type von Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844) [Hypena] comb.n. im Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, nebst Bemerkungen zur Synonymie (Inserta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 96 B 369-372.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
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