Ligia
| Number: | 16080.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| In Author: | Godart & Duponchel | |
| Author: | Duponchel | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37758#page/540/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Geometridae | |
| Genus: | Ligia | |
| Journal: | Hist. nat. Lépid. Papillons Fr. | |
| Year: | 1829 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 107 [key], 462 | |
| Part: | (2) | |
| Ref Id: | 1600.0 | |
| Status: | Junior homonym | |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae | |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea | |
| Volume: | 7 | |
| Senior Syn: | COMPSOPTERA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Blanchard | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 394, 397 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1845 | |
| Type Country: | See BHL scanned Type-species page | |
| Type Des: | by original designation | |
| Type Sp Author: | Serres | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24184#page/666/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp In Author: | Villiers | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Mém. Soc. linn. Paris | |
| Type Sp Page: | 480, pl.11, fig.3 | |
| Type Sp Page Comment: | (but included as jourdanaria Villiers, an incorrect authorship) | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 5 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1826 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 8216.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Geometra | |
| Type Sp: | jourdanaria | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=LIGIA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae'] | |
| Memo: | Nye (1975) stated:- A junior homonym of Ligia Weber, 1795, -Crustacea. The objective replacement name is Compsoptera Blanchard, 1845. Ligia has been used as the original generic name for species which are now in the Noctuidae. Fletcher (1979, Generic Names of Moths of the World) stated:- A junior homonym of Ligia Weber, 1795, Nomen. ent. secundum Ent. Syst. Fabricii: 92 - Crustacea. The objective replacement name is Compsoptera Blanchard, 1845. See: COMPSOPTERA Blanchard, 1845. Parsons et al. (1999) included ENDYMIA Gistl, 1848; LIGIA Duponcehl, 1829; and PROSOPOLOPHA Lederer, 1853 as jnuor synonyms of COMPSOPTERA Blanchard, 1845. |
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