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

Genus:
Bryotype Hampson, 1906 , in Hewitson & Moore. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 6 : xii [index], 382.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CUCULLIINAE

Type-species:
Euplexia mesomelana Hampson, 1902. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 200.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
Holotype - male INDIA: [Himachal Pradesh], Simla 7000 ft, (BMNH, London)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included 3 species in the genus BRYOTYPE.

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Junior name(s):
Bryotypa ; Grünberg, 1910: 249.