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Current Comb:EUPROCTIS aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
Original Comb:PORTHESIA Bethune-Baker, 1904
MS Comb:
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Lymantriinae
Tribe:
Last updated by Justin Ollerenshaw - 23/03/2011

Original publication details:

Scientific Name of Taxon:  aroa        Original Rank:  ?   
Current Status:  Valid Name     Current Rank:  SPECIES
Original Combination:  PORTHESIA ! Bethune-Baker, 1904
Comments:  Junior secondary homonym (unreplaced) (I.J. Kitching 14/01/2013). There are three aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904 in Euproctis, described on pages 397, 401 and 403 in three different genera. All three are homonyms and the priorities and replacement names have yet to be worked out.
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Current valid name:

Current Valid Name:  EUPROCTIS aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904   
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