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Epicyme

Number: 10015.0
Author: Meyrick
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131050#page/665/mode/2up
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epicyme
Journal: N.Z. J. Sci. Dunedin
Year: 1885
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 589
Ref Id: 3776.0
Status: Objective replacement name
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Volume: 2
Type Country: NEW ZEALAND
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Lectotyped: Unknown
Type Locality: [Auckland], [Auckland]
Types: Lectotype - male
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Doubleday
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67828#page/300/mode/2up
Type Sp In Author: Dieffenbach
Type Sp Journal: Trav. New Zealand
Type Sp Page: 287
Type Sp Page Comment: (of Hippolyte Meyrick, 1883)
Type Sp Volume: 2
Type Sp Year: 1843
Type Sp Ref Id: 6995.0
Type Sp Genus: Ptychopoda
Type Sp: rubropunctaria
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=EPICYME', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- Epicyme was proposed as the objective replacement name for Hippolyte Meyrick, 1883; it was again proposed by Meyrick, 1886, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18: 184. Parsons et al. (1999) included HIPPOLYTE Meyrick, 1883 as a junior synonym of EPICYME Meyrick, 1885. Parsons et al. (1999) included only 1 species in the genus EPICYME.

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c