Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Amabela Möschler, 1880 . Verh. K.K. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 30 : 435.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CATOCALINAE

Type-species:
Amabela delicata Möschler, 1880. Verh. K.K. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 30: 435, pl.9, fig.34.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
Holotype - male SURINAM: Paramaribo, (? Depository)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included 2 species in the genus AMABELA

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