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

Genus:
Anisodes Guenée, 1857 , in Boisduval & Guenée. Hist. nat. Ins. 9 : 415.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
GEOMETROIDEA : GEOMETRIDAE : STERRHINAE

Type-species:
Anisodes urcearia Guenée, 1857. Hist. nat. Ins. 9: 415.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Hampson , 1893. Illust. typical spec. lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 147.    [BHL]

Type specimens:
Holotype - male [FRENCH GUIANA]: Cayenne, (BMNH, London)..

Notes:
Parsons et al. (1999) included ANISODES Guenée, 1858; CODONIA Hübner, 1823; COSYMBIA Hübner, 1823; CYCLOPHORA Stephens, 1829; EPHYRA Duponchel, 1829; EUEPHYRA Packard, 1873; LEUCOPHTHALMIA Hübner, 1823; MATELLA Gistl, 1848; PACHYTHALIA Warren, 1897; PISORACA Walker, 1861; PROSTENODES Warren, 1903; STREPTOPTERON Swinhoe, 1892; and ZONOSOMA Lederer, 1853 as junior synonyms of CYCLOPHORA Hübner, 1822.

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Junior name(s):
Brachycola Warren, 1897: 48.