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Theophila

Number: 28934.0
Author: Moore
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100203#page/356/mode/2up
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Theophila
Journal: Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.
Year: 1862
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 315
Ref Id: 4013.0
Series: (3)
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Subfamily unassigned
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Volume: 1
Type Country: [INDIA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: [West Bengal], Calcutta
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 3125.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Kirby
Type Des Year: 1892
Type Des Journal: Syn. Cat. Lepid. Het.
Type Des Title: A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera Moths / London ; Berlin, 1892
Type Des Volume: 1
Type Des Page: 719
Type Des Comment: (but attributed to Moore & Hutton, an incorrect authorship)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37479#page/736/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Moore
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100203#page/356/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond.
Type Sp Page: 315
Type Sp Series: (3)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1862
Type Sp Ref Id: 4013.0
Type Sp Genus: Bombyx
Type Sp: bengalensis
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombycidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=THEOPHILA']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Bombyx bengalensis is a junior subjective synonym of Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847, Cabinet orient. Ent.: 26, pl.12, fig.4. Moore established Theophila on page 315 for five species that he had included in Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758, on pages 314-315.

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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