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Gaphara

Number: 11947.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120181#page/244/mode/2up
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Gaphara
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1864
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 794
Part: (29)
Ref Id: 8464.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Myrmecozelinae
Superfamily: Tineoidea
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120181#page/244/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 794
Type Sp Part: (29)
Type Sp Year: 1864
Type Sp Ref Id: 8464.0
Type Sp Genus: Gaphara
Type Sp: recitatella
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tineidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=GAPHARA']
Memo: Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- A junior homonym of Gaphara Walker, 1862, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 96, - Lepid., Noctuidae. There is no objective replacement name. Gaphara Walker, 1864, was established in the "Gelechidae"; it was placed in the Tineidae by Sattler, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28: 204. According to Robinson (pers. com.) the subjective replacement name of GAPHARA Walker, 1864 is IPPA Walker, 1864. Robinson (2001) included the type-species of HYPOPHRICTIS Meyrick, 1916; OLYCHA Snellen, 1903; PACHYPSALTIS Meyrick, 1914; PROSPLOCAMIS Meyrick, 1919 in the genus GAPHARA Walker, 1864 (= IPPA Walker, 1864). Robinson (2001) included 22 species in the genus GAPHARA.

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