Poliana weiglei (Möschler, 1887)

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: Sphingina

Genus: Poliana

Species:

Poliana weiglei (Möschler, 1887)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste 70

Type data:

HOLOTYPE [♂] Gold Coast [Ghana]: Accra, «vi.1883», [U. Eitschberger GP 5580] [MNHU].

Taxonomic Notes:

STAT. REV. Synonymized with Poliana bucholzi [sic] by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 39. Reinstated as a species by Eitschberger & Melichar, 2017, Neue ent. Nachr. 74: 11. Implicitly resynonymized with Taboribia laucheana by Kitching & Rougerie et al., 2018, Biodivers. Data J.: 6: e22236. However, Poliana weiglei is best treated, at least provisionally, as a species (see Descriptions: Diagnostic description).