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Metacaena

Number: 17746.0
Author: Common
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Metacaena
Journal: Aust. J. Zool.
Year: 1958
Homonym Count: 1.0
Of Value: ;
Page: 268, 270. 271
Ref Id: 9275.0
Status: Incorrect original spelling
Subfamily: Subfamily unassigned
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Volume: 6
Senior Syn: MACRACAENA
Senior Syn Author: Common
Senior Syn Page: 271 (key); 300, 268, 270, 271
Senior Syn Year: 1958
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=METACAENA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelechiidae']
Memo: Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- An incorrect (of a multiple) original spelling of Macracaena Common, 1958. Macracaena is the correct original spelling as the Greek derivation of the name is given on page 300.

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