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

Genus:
Ammophanes Turner, 1932 . Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 56 : 179.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CATOCALINAE

Type-species:
Ammophanes deserticola Turner, 1932. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 56: 179.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
Holotype - male AUSTRALIA: Qd, Charleville, (ANIC, Canberra)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included only 1 species in the genus AMMOPHANES

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