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

Genus:
Chavarriella Pitkin, 1993 . Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 62(2) : 51.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
GEOMETROIDEA : GEOMETRIDAE : GEOMETRINAE

Type-species:
Comibaena lafayaria Dognin, 1892. Naturaliste 14: 206.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
Holotype - male ECUADOR: Loja area, (USNM, Washington D.C.)..

Notes:
Parsons et al. (1999) included 14 species and 4 subspecies (inc. nominates) in the genus CHAVARRIELLA.

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