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Capotena

Number: 5024.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121636#page/484/mode/2up
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Capotena
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1857
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 714
Part: (11)
Ref Id: 6170.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: INDIA
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Lectotyped: Hampson, 1912, Cat. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 11: 534
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Lectotype - female
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121636#page/484/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 715
Type Sp Part: (11)
Type Sp Year: 1857
Type Sp Ref Id: 6170.0
Type Sp Genus: Capotena
Type Sp: apriformis
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=CAPOTENA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolidae']
Memo: Poole (1989) included CAPOTENA Walker, 1857; BRADA Walker, 1858; CHALADRA Walker, 1865; PHANACA Walker, 1865; and THYRSOSCELIS (as THYRSOCELIS) Meyrick, 1889 as junior synonyms of AITETA Walker, 1856 in the NOCTUIDAE : CHLOEPHORINAE.
Type Comments: Type locality stated to be Java. which was corrected by Hampson, 1894, Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 419 to CEYLON.

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License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c