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Rhoptrophalaena

Number: 25788.0
Author: Hampson
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24178#page/398/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Rhoptrophalaena
Journal: Novit. zool.
Year: 1918
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 366
Ref Id: 2411.0
Status: Unnecessary replacement name
Subfamily: Cocytiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 25
Senior Syn: COCYTIA
Senior Syn Author: Boisduval
Senior Syn Page: 22, pl.1, fig. 1
Senior Syn Year: 1828
Type Country: NEW GUINEA
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Boisduval
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107893#page/56/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Essai Monogr. Zygénides
Type Sp Page: 22, pl.1, fig.1
Type Sp Page Comment: (of COCYTIA Boisduval, 1828)
Type Sp Year: 1828
Type Sp Ref Id: 501.0
Type Sp Genus: Cocytia
Type Sp: durvillii
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=RHOPTROPHALAENA']
Memo: Nye (1975) and Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- Proposed, unnecessarily, as an objective replacement name for Cocytia Boisduval, 1828, which Hampson considered to be a homonym of Cocytius Hübner, [1819] 1816, Verz. bekannter Schmett.: 140,- Lepid., Sphingidae.

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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