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Genus:
Scotophila Hübner, 1821
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Verz. bekannt. Schmett.
: 209.
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Status:
Junior Objective Synonym
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Homonyms:
2
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Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : AMPHIPYRINAE
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Type-species:
Phalaena
tragopoginis
Clerck, 1759.
Icon. Insect. rariorum
1: pl.[1], fig.5.
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Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by
Blanchard
, 1840.
Hist. nat. Ins.
(Insectes),
3: 500.
[(but included by Hübner as *`tragopogonis Linn.', an incorrect subsequent spelling and authorship)]
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Type specimens:
Type ? COUNTRY: ? Locality, [Type(s) lost].. |
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Notes:
Nye (1975) stated:-
Scotophila is a junior objective synonym of Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816.
See: AMPHIPYRA Ochsenheimer, 1816.
Poole (1989) included SCOTOPHILA Hübner, 1821; PYROPHILA Stephens, 1929; PHILOPYRA Guenée, 1852; and NEOCOMIA Rougemont, 1902 as junior synonyms of AMPHIPYRA Ochsenheimer, 1816.
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Senior name:
Amphipyra Ochsenheimer, 1816: 70.
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