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Prionophora

Number: 23896.0
Author: Meyrick
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30232#page/230/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Prionophora
Journal: Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.
Year: 1879
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 179
Ref Id: 3758.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Calpinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 3
Senior Syn: MEYRICKELLA
Senior Syn Author: Berg
Senior Syn Page: 42
Senior Syn Year: 1898
Type Country: AUSTRALIA
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: Queensland, Moreton Bay
Types: Syntype(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120180#page/185/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 173
Type Sp Part: (27)
Type Sp Year: 1863
Type Sp Ref Id: 11543.0
Type Sp Genus: Crambus
Type Sp: ruptellus
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PRIONOPHORA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- A junior homonym of Prionophora Westwood, 1848, Cabinet oriental Ent. : 85, -Coleoptera. The objective replacement name is Meyrickella Berg, 1898. An earlier usage of the name i. e. * Prionophora Dejean, 1833, Cat. Coléoptères Colln M. le Comte Dejean (Edn. 2):78, was undescribed and included a single undescribed species. See: MEYRICKELLA Berg, 1898. Poole (1989) included PRIONOPHORA Meyrick, 1879 (preoccupied) as a junior synonym of MEYRICKELLA B

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Dataset buttmoth
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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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