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Perophora

Number: 22370.0
Author: Harris
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92249#page/310/mode/2up
Family: Mimallonidae
Genus: Perophora
Journal: Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn
Year: 1841
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 299
Ref Id: 2440.0
Status: Junior homonym
Superfamily: Mimallonoidea
Senior Syn: PTOCHOPSYCHE
Senior Syn Author: Grote
Senior Syn Page: [4]
Senior Syn Year: 1896
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Harris
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92249#page/310/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Rep. Insects Mass. injurious to Vegn
Type Sp Page: 299
Type Sp Year: 1841
Type Sp Ref Id: 2440.0
Type Sp Genus: Perophora
Type Sp: melsheimerii
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimallonidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PEROPHORA']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- A junior homonym of Perophora Wiegmann, 1835, Arch. Naturgesch. 1 (1): 309, - Tunicata, a name sometimes attributed to Lister, 1834, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 125 (2): 378, where the genus was diagnosed, but not given a name. The objective replacement name is Ptochopsyche Grote, 1896.

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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