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

Genus:
Triocnemis Grote, 1881 . Papilio 1 : 77.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : HADENINAE

Type-species:
Triocnemis saporis Grote, 1881. Papilio 1: 77.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
Type(s) - male [U.S.A.]: Washington Ter., (BMNH, London)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included TRIOCNEMIS in the subfamily AMPHIPYRINAE, subsequently restricted to the genus AMPHIPYRA by Kitching & Rawlins, in Kristensen (1999). Other genera formerly treated in the subfamily AMPHIPYRINAE are treated as HADENINAE by Kitching & Rawlins (loc. cit.).

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

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