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Pompostola

Number: 23685.0
Author: Hübner
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103196#page/128/mode/2up
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Pompostola
Journal: Verz. bekannt. Schmett.
Year: 1819
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 120
Ref Id: 2846.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Charideinae
Superfamily: Thyridoidea
Type Country: SIERRA LEONE
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 809.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Butler
Type Des Year: 1876
Type Des Journal: J. Linn. Soc. Lond.
Type Des Title: Journal of the Linnean Society of London
Type Des Volume: 12
Type Des Page: 421
Type Des Comment: (but included by Hübner as *hyparchus, an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99813#page/516/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Cramer
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95037#page/24/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Uitl. Kapellen
Type Sp Page: 7, pl.197, fig.C
Type Sp Volume: 3
Type Sp Year: 1779
Type Sp Ref Id: 6914.0
Type Sp Genus: Sphinx
Type Sp: hypparchus
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrididae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=POMPOSTOLA']
Memo: Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- Pompostola has been used as the original generic name for species now placed in the Ctenuchidae. S. hipparchus is dated from the wrapper of the part and not from the title page of the volume, 1782. Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- S. hypparchus is dated from the wrapper of the part, not from the title-page of the volume which is dated 1782. See also: Marmax Rafinesque, 1815.

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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