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Grammatophora

Number: 12502.0
Author: Stephens
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37014#page/584/mode/2up
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Grammatophora
Journal: Syst. Cat. Br. Insects
Year: 1829
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 126
Part: (Insecta Haustellata)
Ref Id: 5553.0
Status: Junior homonym & objective synonym
Subfamily: Ennominae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Senior Syn: GRAMMATOPHORA
Senior Syn Author: Stephens
Senior Syn Page: 44
Senior Syn Year: 1829
Type Country: [EUROPE]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 2882.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Hulst
Type Des Year: 1896
Type Des Journal: Trans. amer. ent. Soc.
Type Des Title: Transactions of the American Entomological Society / Philadelphia
Type Des Volume: 23
Type Des Page: 331
Type Des Comment: (as *wavaria an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32356#page/354/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Linnaeus
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/544/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Systema Naturae
Type Sp Page: 522
Type Sp Series: (Edn 10)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1758
Type Sp Ref Id: 3527.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: wauaria
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=GRAMMATOPHORA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- Grammatophora was again proposed by Stephens, 1829 [July], Syst. Cat. Br. Insects (2): 126. Invalid designation of type-species: Phalaena wauaria Linnaeus, 1758 (but cited as * Wavaria, an incorrect subsequent spelling) was designated by Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Insectes, (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 1: 146. In the Introduction to the volume, pages 1-154, Boisduval reviewed earlier classifications of Lepidoptera and designated as many as four different type-species for each generic name. In his `Exposé de notre méthode', pages 155-690, no type-species designation was made for any of the genera he himself used. Under Article 69(a)(iii) of the Code, the type designation of an author is eligible for consideration if he states that it is the type`...and if it is clear that he himself accepts it as the type-species'. Boisduval type-designations, although clearly stated, do not fulfil the last requirement and so are invalid. Even though Boisduval's 1836 work was well known to lepidopterists, the type-designations contained in it have not been accepted, either by Hemming or by other authors. The acceptance in this case would make no difference to the generic concept. Parsons et al. (1999) included AZATA Walker, 1860 [March 10]; CATASTICTIS Gumppenberg, 1887; DYSMIGIA Warren, 1895; ELPISTE Gumppenberg, 1887; EPELIS Hulst, 1896; EUFITCHIA Packar, 1876; EUPISTERIA Boisduval, 1840; EUTROPA Hübner, 1831; FIDONIA Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; GLADELA Grossbeck, 1909; GRAMMATOPHORA Stephens, 1829; HALIA Duponchel, 1829; PARASEMIA Hübner, 1823; PHILOBIA Duponchel, 1829; PHYSOSTEGANIA Warren, 1894; PROUTICTIS Bryk, 1938; PROPHASIANE McDunnough, 1939; PSAMATODES Guenée, 1857; PSEUDOISTURGIA Povolny & Moucha, 1957; SCIAGRAPHIA Hulst, 1896; SPERANZA Curtis, 1828; SYMPHERTA Hulst, 1896; THAMNONOMA Lederer, 1853; and XENOECISTA Warren, 1897 as junior synonyms of MACARIA Curtis, 1826 September 1.

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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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