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Mecoceras

Number: 17264.0
In Author: Boisduval & Guenée
Author: Guenée
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37725#page/450/mode/2up
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mecoceras
Journal: Hist. nat. Ins.
Year: 1857
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 388
Ref Id: 2263.0
Status: Junior objective synonym
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Volume: 9
Senior Syn: AMETRIS
Senior Syn Author: Hübner
Senior Syn Page: pl.[220]
Senior Syn Year: 1822
Type Country: ? COUNTRY
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: ? Type status
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Des Comment: (but included as nitocritaria Cramer, an incorrect authorship)
Type Sp Author: Hübner
Type Sp Journal: Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.
Type Sp Page: pl.[220], figs 1-4
Type Sp Volume: 2
Type Sp Year: 1822
Type Sp Ref Id: 10071.0
Type Sp Genus: Ametris
Type Sp: nitocritaria
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MECOCERAS', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- A junior objective synonym of Ametris Hübner, [1822]. See: AMETRIS Hübner, [1822] 1806. Parsons et al. (1999) included MECOCERAS Guenée, 1858 as a junior synonym of AMETRIS Hübner, 1822.

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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