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Pleionocentra

Number: 23359.0
Author: Warren
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22556#page/260/mode/2up
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pleionocentra
Journal: Novit. zool.
Year: 1898
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 242
Ref Id: 6315.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Sterrhinae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Volume: 5
Type Country: NIGER
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: Warri
Types: Holotype - male
Type Des: by original designation
Type Des Comment: (but cited as Geometra minorata Boisduval, 1833, a misidentification)
Type Sp Author: Prout
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22600#page/316/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Novit. zool.
Type Sp Page: 280
Type Sp Volume: 27
Type Sp Year: 1920
Type Sp Ref Id: 8038.0
Type Sp Genus: Scopula
Type Sp: plionocentra
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PLEIONOCENTRA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- The original designation by Warren of Geometra minorata Boisduval, 1883, was found by Prout to have been based on misidentified material, which he subsequently described as Scopula (Pylarge) plinocentra. See Frontispiece 1, fig.8, Scopula plionocentra Prout, paratype male. Under Article 70(a) of the Code, the case of a misidentified type-species should be referred to the Commission. Parsons et al. (1999) included ACIDALINA Staudinger, 1898; ACIDALIA Treitschke, 1825; ACIDALINA Staudinger, 1898; CALOTHYSANIS Hübner, 1823; CHLOROCRASPEDIA Warren, 1899; CRASPEDIA Hübner, 1825; CYMATIDA Sodoffsky, 1837; CYMATOIDES Agassiz, 1847; EUCIDALIA Sterneck, 1941; HOLARCTIAS Prout, 1913; INDUNA Warren, 1897; LEPTOMERIS Hübner, 1825; LIPOCENTRIS Warren, 1905; LONGULA Staudinger, 1892; LYCAUGES Butler, 1879; PHYLETIS Guenée, 1858; PIGIA Guenée, 1858; PLEIONOCENTRA Warren, 1898; PSILEPHYRA Bastelberger, 1909; PYLARGE Herrich-Schffer, 1855; RUNECA Moore, 1888; SARODRIA Sodoffsky, 1837; SAROTHRIA Agassiz, 1847; SPHECODES Hübner, 1822; SYNELYS Hulst, 1896; TRICHOCLADA Meyrick, 1886; TRIORISMA Warren, 1897; and USTOCIDALIA Sterneck, 1932 as junior synonyms of SCOPULA Schrank, 1802.

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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