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Xanthocera

Number: 30559.0
Author: Amsel
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Xanthocera
Journal: Sb. ent. Odd. nar. Mus. Praze
Year: 1953
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 425
Ref Id: 80.0
Status: Junior homonym
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Volume: 28
Senior Syn: XANTHOCERODES
Senior Syn Author: Amsel
Senior Syn Page: 60
Senior Syn Year: 1955
Type Country: ? COUNTRY
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: ? Type status
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Turati
Type Sp Journal: Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat.
Type Sp Page: 69, fig.31
Type Sp Volume: 65
Type Sp Year: 1926
Type Sp Ref Id: 11398.0
Type Sp Genus: Lecithocera
Type Sp: luticostella
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecithoceridae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=XANTHOCERA']
Memo: Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- A junior homonym of Xanthocera Townsend, 1915, Proc. biol. Soc. Washington 28: 22, - Insecta, Diptera. The objective replacement name is Xanthocerodes Amsel, 1955. Xanthocera Amsel, 1953, was established in the Gelechiidae; it was transferred to the Lecithoceridae by Sattler, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28: 265.

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Dataset buttmoth
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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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