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Mnesipyrga

Number: 18478.0
Author: Meyrick
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51004#page/250/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mnesipyrga
Journal: Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.
Year: 1913
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 170
Ref Id: 3867.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 1913
Type Country: PERU
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: Chanchamayo
Types: Holotype - female
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Meyrick
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51004#page/250/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.
Type Sp Page: 171
Type Sp Year: 1913
Type Sp Ref Id: 3867.0
Type Sp Genus: Mnesipyrga
Type Sp: trichostrota
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MNESIPYRGA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- Mnesipyrga was originally placed in the Tortricidae. Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- Mnesipyrga was included in the Tortricidae by Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dep. Agric. India (Ent.) 11: 141; it was transferred to the Phalaenidae, now Noctuidae, by Clarke, 1955, Cat. Type Specimens Microlepid. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. descr. E. Meyrick 1: 25. Poole (1989) included HELIOCONTIA Hampson, 1910; and MNESIPYRGA Meyrick, 1913 as junior synonyms of SPRAGUE

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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