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Phlossa

Number: 22832.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121628#page/716/mode/2up
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Phlossa
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1858
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 1673
Part: (15)
Ref Id: 8454.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Subfamily unassigned
Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Type Country: CHINA
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121628#page/716/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 1673
Type Sp Part: (15)
Type Sp Year: 1858
Type Sp Ref Id: 8454.0
Type Sp Genus: Phlossa
Type Sp: fimbriares
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PHLOSSA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limacodidae']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- P. fimbriares is a junior subjective synonym of Limacodes conjuncta Walker, 1855, ibidem 5: 1150. Phlossa was originally placed in the Noctuidae. Phlossa Walker, 1858, is a valid genus, revalidated by Inoue, Sugi, Kuroko, Moriuti & Kawabe, 1982, Moths of Japan. Vol. 2. (Plates and synonymic catalogue) : 221. Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- P. fimbriares is a junior subjective synonym of Limacodes conjuncta Walker, 1855, ibidem 5: 1150. Phlossa was established in the Noctuidae; it was placed in the Limacodidae by Swinhoe, 1892, Cat. east. and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colln Oxf. Univ. Mus. 1: 233.

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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