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Mecyra

Number: 17276.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/280/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mecyra
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1865
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 979
Part: (33)
Ref Id: 6212.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Calpinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: JAVA
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Holotype - male
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/282/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 980
Type Sp Part: (33)
Type Sp Year: 1865
Type Sp Ref Id: 6213.0
Type Sp Genus: Mecyra
Type Sp: invaria
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MECYRA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- M. invaria is a junior subjective synonym of Calesia gastropachoides Guenée, 1852, in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Lépid.) 7: 258. Poole (1989) included PASIPEDA Walker, 1865; MECYRA Walker, 1865; ZIRONA Walker, 1869; ASYMBATA Gerstaecker, 1871; CARADANA Moore, 1884; and LECASIA Fawcett, 1916 as junior synonyms of CALESIA Guenée, 1852.

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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