Skip to content

Data Portal

Explore and download the Museum’s research and collections data.

Ptochopsyche

Number: 25102.0
Author: Grote
Family: Mimallonidae
Genus: Ptochopsyche
Journal: Mitt. Roemermus. Hildesh.
Year: 1896
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: [4]
Ref Id: 2219.0
Status: Objective replacement name
Superfamily: Mimallonoidea
Volume: 7
Type Country: [U.S.A.]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Massachusetts, Cambridge
Types: Type(s)
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 Page Comment: (of Perophora Harris, 1841 [December 31])
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=PTOCHOPSYCHE']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- P. melsheimerii Harris, 1841 [December 31], is a junior subjective synonym of Saccophora melsheimeri Harris, 1841 May. As both nominal species are in the same genus, P. melsheimerii Harris, 1841 [December 31] is also a junior secondary homonym under the Code, Article 58. Ptochopsyche was established as the objective replacement name for Perophora Harris, 1841.

Cite this as

We track changes to records and therefore you have a choice of citation options:

To cite the most up to date record data use the Latest URL.

Or to cite this specific version of a record's data, ensuring any followers of the link see the same data every time they visit the link, use the Version URL.

Additional Information

Format unknown
License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c