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Ophiogenes

Number: 20406.0
Author: R.L. [Reichenbach]
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ophiogenes
Journal: Jena. allg. Lit.-Ztg
Year: 1817
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 288
Ref Id: 4638.0
Status: Junior objective synonym
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 1
Senior Syn: OPHIUSA
Senior Syn Author: Ochsenheimer
Senior Syn Page: 93
Senior Syn Year: 1816
Type Country: SOUTH AFRICA
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type
Type Des Ref Id: 4263.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Nye
Type Des Year: 1975
Type Des In: in
Type Des In Author: Nye
Type Des Journal: Generic Names Moths World
Type Des Title: The Generic Names of Moths of the World / Trustees of the British Museum Natural History
Type Des Volume: 1
Type Des Page: 349
Type Des Comment: (but included by R.L., as *tirrhaea, an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Type Sp Author: Cramer
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95175#page/276/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Uitl. Kapellen
Type Sp Page: 116, pl.172, fig.E
Type Sp Volume: 2
Type Sp Year: 1777
Type Sp Ref Id: 6913.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: tirhaca
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=OPHIOGENES']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- Ophiogenes R.L. is a junior objective synonym of Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816. See: OPHIUSA Ochsenheimer, 1816. Poole (1989) included OPHIOGENES R.I., 1817; MEROPIS Hübner, 1818; HEMACHRA Sodoffsky, 1837; ANUA Walker, 1858; STENOPIS Mabille, 1880; PERANUA Berio, 1959; SUBANUA Berio, 1959; TRICHANUA Berio, 1954; and PEROPHIUSA Berio, 1959 as junior synonyms of OPHIUSA Ochsenheimer, 1816.

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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