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Sophta

Number: 27156.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120179#page/492/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Sophta
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1863
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 1758
Part: (26)
Ref Id: 11753.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: [AUSTRALIA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Moreton Bay
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120179#page/492/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 1759
Type Sp Part: (26)
Type Sp Year: 1862
Type Sp Ref Id: 11540.0
Type Sp Genus: Sophta
Type Sp: concavata
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=SOPHTA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- See also Nacerasa Walker, 1866. Fletcher (1979) stated:- This genus was originally proposed in the Geometridae, but has since been transferred to the Noctuidae, where it was placed by Meyrick, 1902, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1902: 31. Poole (1989) included PALURA Walker, 1861; GURIAUNA Walker, 1861; SOPHTA Walker, 1861; AUSINZA Walker, 1864; ZITNA Walker, 1866; NACERASA Walker, 1866; CELEOPSYCHE Butler, 1879; PSEUDEPHYRA Butler, 1886; CALLIPYRIS Meyrick, 1891; AVENTINA Butler, 1892; and TRICHOGATHA Warren, 1913 as junior synonyms of CORGATHA Walker, 1859.

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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