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Megalopyge

Number: 17327.0
Author: Hübner
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103196#page/192/mode/2up
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Megalopyge
Journal: Verz. bekannt. Schmett.
Year: 1820
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 185
Ref Id: 2848.0
Status: Available name
Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Type Country: SURINAM
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 3125.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Kirby
Type Des Year: 1892
Type Des Journal: Syn. Cat. Lepid. Het.
Type Des Title: A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera Moths / London ; Berlin, 1892
Type Des Volume: 1
Type Des Page: 845
Type Des Comment: (as a junior name of statices Linn.)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37479#page/862/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Cramer
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95037#page/284/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Uitl. Kapellen
Type Sp Page: 130, pl.265, figs F, G
Type Sp Volume: 3
Type Sp Year: 1780
Type Sp Ref Id: 6915.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: lanata
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopygidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MEGALOPYGE']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- P. lanata is dated from the wrapper of part 23, not from the title-page of volume 3 which is dated 1782. MEGALOPYGE was included within the family MEGALOPYGIDAE by Epstein et al., in Kristensen (1999).

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License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c