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Tetraspidoptera

Number: 28780.0
Author: Speiser
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36413#page/190/mode/2up
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tetraspidoptera
Journal: Berl. ent. Z.
Year: 1902
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 141
Ref Id: 5446.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Volume: 47
Type Country: [AUSTRALIA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Queensland, Brisbane
Types: Syntypes - 1 male, 1 female
Type Des Ref Id: 1885.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Fletcher
Type Des Year: 1979
Type Des In: in
Type Des In Author: Nye
Type Des Journal: Generic Names Moths World
Type Des Title: The Generic Names of Moths of the World / Trustees of the British Museum Natural History
Type Des Volume: 3
Type Des Page: 202
Type Sp Author: Lucas
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49305#page/188/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Proc. R. Soc. Qd
Type Sp Page: 147
Type Sp Volume: 15
Type Sp Year: 1900
Type Sp Ref Id: 10415.0
Type Sp Genus: Aspidoptera
Type Sp: ambiens
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=TETRASPIDOPTERA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- A. ambiens is a junior subjective synonym of Cernia amyclaria Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 267. See also: Cernia Walker, 1860. Parsons et al. (1999) included ASPIDIOPTERA Lucas, 1900; and TETRASPIDOPTERA Speiser, 1902 as junior synonyms of CERNIA Walker, 1860.

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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