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Megasoma

Number: 17356.0
Author: Boisduval
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49515#page/360/mode/2up
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Megasoma
Journal: Annls Soc. ent. Fr.
Year: 1833
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 340
Part: (4)
Ref Id: 11722.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
Volume: 1
Senior Syn: STREBLOTE
Senior Syn Author: Hübner
Senior Syn Page: 193
Senior Syn Year: 1820
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des Ref Id: 4040.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Moore
Type Des Year: 1883
Type Des Journal: Lepid. Ceylon
Type Des Title: The Lepidoptera of Ceylon / London
Type Des Volume: 2
Type Des Page: 147
Type Des Comment: (a junior primary homonym of Streblote panda Hübner) (for Taragama Moore, [1860], an objective replacement name for Megasoma Boisduval, 1833)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110500#page/160/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Hübner
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89173#page/206/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Samml. eur. Schmett.
Type Sp Page: pl.65, figs 274, 275
Type Sp Volume: 3
Type Sp Year: 1819
Type Sp Ref Id: 6270.0
Type Sp Genus: Bombyx
Type Sp: repanda
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MEGASOMA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampidae']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- A junior homonym of Megasoma Kirby, 1825, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 14: 566, - Insecta, Coleoptera. The objective replacement name is Streblote Hübner, [1820].

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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