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

Genus:
Psimada Walker, 1858 . List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. (15) : 1827.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CALPINAE

Type-species:
Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858. List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. : 1828.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
Type(s) - female [INDIA]: [Mysore], Canara, (BMNH, London)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included PSIMADA in the subfamily OPHIDERINAE, treated as CALPINAE by Kitching & Rawlins, in Kristensen (1999).

Poole (1989) included 2 species in the genus PSIMADA.

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