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Paralaea

Number: 21496.0
Author: Guest
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84667#page/148/mode/2up
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Paralaea
Journal: Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust.
Year: 1887
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 140
Ref Id: 2283.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Ennominae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Volume: 9
Type Country: AUSTRALIA
Type Depository: (MNHN, Paris)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Holotype - female
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Guenée
Type Sp Journal: Hist. nat. Ins.
Type Sp Page: 238
Type Sp Page Comment: ; 1858, ibidem Atlas: pl.14, fig.2
Type Sp Volume: 10
Type Sp Year: 1857
Type Sp Ref Id: 9781.0
Type Sp Genus: Chlenias
Type Sp: beggaria
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PARALAEA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- Paralaea was used by Guest without any indication that it was a new generic name. The name was probably obtained from Meyrick as an identification and was unintentionally made nomenclaturally available before Meyrick's generic description was published. Parsons et al. (1999) included ANOCHTHERA Goldfinch, 1944; and STATHMORRHOPA Meyrick, 1892 as junior synonyms of PARALAEA Guest, 1887. Parsons et al. (1999) included 4 species in the genus PAR

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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