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

Genus:
Psorya Schaus, 1923 . Zoologica, N.Y. 5 : 43.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CALPINAE

Type-species:
Psorya hadesia Schaus, 1923. Zoologica, N.Y. 5: 44, pl.2, fig.18.

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
Lectotype - female GALAPAGOS IS.: South Seymour, (USNM, Washington D.C.)..

Lectotype Desig. by:Unknown

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

Poole (1989) included only 1 species in the genus PSORYA.

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