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Xanthoptera

Number: 30598.0
In Author: Boisduval & Guenée
Author: Guenée
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105800#page/250/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xanthoptera
Journal: Hist. nat. Ins.
Year: 1852
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 240
Ref Id: 2862.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 6
Senior Syn: THIOPTERA
Senior Syn Author: Franclemont
Senior Syn Page: 271
Senior Syn Year: 1950
Type Country: USA OR CANADA
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: North America
Types: Holotype
Type Des Ref Id: 7324.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Grote
Type Des Year: 1874
Type Des Journal: Bull. Buff. Soc. nat. Sci.
Type Des Title: Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences / Buffalo, New York
Type Des Volume: 2
Type Des Page: 36
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/65239#page/48/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Guenée
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105800#page/250/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Hist. nat. Ins.
Type Sp Page: 241, pl.10, fig.12
Type Sp Volume: 6
Type Sp Year: 1852
Type Sp Ref Id: 2861.0
Type Sp Genus: Xanthoptera
Type Sp: nigrofimbria
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=XANTHOPTERA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- A junior homonym of Xanthoptera Sodoffsky, 1837, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6): 86, -Lepid., Noctuidae. The objective replacement name is Thioptera Franclemont, 1950. See: THIOPTERA Franclemont, 1950. Poole (1989) included XANTHOPTERA Guenée, 1852 (preoccupied); and FLAVALA Berio, 1966 as junior synonyms of THIOPTERA Franclemont, 1950.

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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