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Bombyx

Number: 4073.0
Author: Linnaeus
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/516/mode/2up
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Bombyx
Journal: Systema Naturae
Year: 1758
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 495
Ref Id: 3527.0
Series: (Edn 10)
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Bombycinae
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Volume: 1
Type Country: CHINA
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 5731.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Int. Commn zool. Nom.
Type Des Year: 1957
Type Des Journal: Opin. Decl. int. Commn zool. Nom.
Type Des Title: Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Type Des Volume: 15
Type Des Page: 253 (Opinion 450)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107765#page/308/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Linnaeus
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/520/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Systema Naturae
Type Sp Page: 499
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: mori
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombycidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=BOMBYX']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- Bombyx was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: Name No. 1056. Bombyx was originally proposed as a subgenus of Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758. Many species of Noctuidae have been originally described in Bombyx. Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: Name No.1056, with Phalaena mori designated as type-species by use of the plenary powers of the Commission.

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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