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Lophopteryx

Number: 16428.0
Author: Stephens
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37014#page/500/mode/2up
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Lophopteryx
Journal: Syst. Cat. Br. Insects
Year: 1829
Homonym Count: 3.0
Page: 43
Part: (Insecta Haustellata)
Ref Id: 5553.0
Status: Junior homonym & objective synonym
Subfamily: Subfamily unassigned
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des Ref Id: 6444.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Westwood
Type Des Year: 1840
Type Des Journal: Introd. mod. Classif. Insects
Type Des Title: An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families / by J. O. Westwood
Type Des Volume: 2
Type Des Part: (Synopsis Genera Br. Insects)
Type Des Page: 90
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45812#page/696/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Linnaeus
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/528/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Systema Naturae
Type Sp Page: 507
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: camelina
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=LOPHOPTERYX', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notodontidae']
Memo: Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- A junior objective synonym of Ptilodon Hübner, 1822 [a rejected name]. Invalid type-species designation: Phalaena camelina Linnaeus, 1758, was designated by Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lepid.) 1: 142. In the introduction to the volume, pages 1-154, Boisduval reviewed earlier classifications of Lepidoptera and designated as many as three 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 that he himself used. Under the Code, Article 69(a)(iii), the type-species 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 as the type-species'. Boisduval's 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 of Boisduval's type-species designation in the case of Lophopteryx would make no difference to the generic concept. Lophopteryx was again proposed by Stephens, 1829 [June], Nom. Br. Insects: 39; and 1829 [July], Syst. Cat. Br. Insects (2): 43.

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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