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

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Genus:
Nacophora Hulst, 1896 . Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 319, 360.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
GEOMETROIDEA : GEOMETRIDAE : ENNOMINAE

Type-species:
Phalaena quernaria Smith , 1797 , in Smith & Abbot Nat. Hist. lepid. Ins. Georgia 2 : 205, pl.103. .

Type-species designation:
by original designation

Type specimens:
Syntypes - male & female, [U.S.A.]: Georgia; Virginia.

Notes:
Parsons et al. (1999) included NACOPHORA Hulst, 1896 as a junior synonym of PHAEOURA Hulst, 1896.


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