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Bombyx

Number: 4072.0
Author: Boisduval
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Bombyx
Journal: Genera Index meth. Eur. Lepid.
Year: 1828
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 48
Ref Id: 9051.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Superfamily: Lasiocampoidea
Senior Syn: GASTROPACHA
Senior Syn Author: Ochsenheimer
Senior Syn Page: 239
Senior Syn Year: 1810
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des Ref Id: 1886.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Fletcher & Nye
Type Des Year: 1982
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: 4
Type Des Page: 69
Type Sp Author: Linnaeus
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/518/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Systema Naturae
Type Sp Page: 497
Type Sp Series: (Edn 10)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1758
Type Sp Ref Id: 3527.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: quercifolia
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=BOMBYX', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasiocampidae']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- A junior homonym of Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 495, - Lepid., Bombycidae, and a junior objective synonym of Gastropacha Ochsenheimer, 1810. BOMBYX was included within the subfamily LASIOCAMPIDAE: LASIOCAMPINAE by Lemaire & Minet, in Kristensen (1999).

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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