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Legna

Number: 15643.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/404/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Legna
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1865
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 1102
Part: (33)
Ref Id: 6212.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Calpinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Senior Syn: LEDAEA
Senior Syn Author: Druce
Senior Syn Page: 484
Senior Syn Year: 1891
Type Country: U.S.A.
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Holotype
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/404/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 1102
Type Sp Part: (33)
Type Sp Year: 1865
Type Sp Ref Id: 6213.0
Type Sp Genus: Legna
Type Sp: semilineata
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=LEGNA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- A junior homonym of Legna Walker, 1858, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 2: 281, -Coleoptera. The objective replacement name is Ledaea Druce, 1891. See: LEDAEA Druce, 1891. Poole (1989) included LEGNA Walker, 1865 (preoccupied) as a junior synonym of LEDAEA Druce, 1891.

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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