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Charaeas

Number: 5754.0
Author: Stephens
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34123#page/126/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Charaeas
Journal: Illust. Br. Ent.
Year: 1829
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 108
Ref Id: 5540.0
Series: (Haustellata)
Status: Junior objective synonym
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 2
Senior Syn: THOLERA
Senior Syn Author: Hübner
Senior Syn Page: 215
Senior Syn Year: 1821
Type Country: AUSTRIA
Type Depository: [Type(s) lost]
Type Locality: Vienna region
Types: Type
Type Des Ref Id: 6446.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Westwood
Type Des Year: 1840
Type Des Journal: Synopsis Genera Br. Insects
Type Des Title: Synopsis Genera British Insects
Type Des Page: 93
Type Des Comment: (Incorrect type-species designation: Agrotis aethiops Ochsenheimer, 1816 [= Noctua nigra Haworth, 1809], cited by Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Insectes (Lepid.) 1: 144. Boisduval in his lengthy 154 page Introduction, reviewed earlier classifications and d
Type Sp Author: Schiffermüller
Type Sp Journal: Ankündung syst. Werkes. Schmett. Wienergegend
Type Sp Page: 82
Type Sp Year: 1775
Type Sp Ref Id: 11114.0
Type Sp Genus: Noctua
Type Sp: cespitis
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=CHARAEAS']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- Incorrect type-species designation: Agrotis aethiops Ochsenheimer, 1816 [= Noctua nigra Haworth, 1809], cited by Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Insectes (Lépid.) 1: 144. Boisduval in his lengthy 154 page Introduction, reviewed earlier classifications and designated up to the three different type-species for each generic name. In his 'Expose de notre methodé from pages 155-690, no type-species designations were made for the genera he himself used. Under the Code, Article 69(a)(iii), the type-designation of an author is eligible for consideration if he states that it is the type'. . .and if it is clear that he himself accepts it as the type-species.' Boisduval's type-designations although clearly stated, do not fulfil the last requirement and so are invalid. Even though Boisduval's 1836 work was well known to lepidopterists, the type-designations contained in it have not in the past been accepted by Hemming or other authors. Charaeas is a junior objective synonym of Tholera Hübner, [1821]. See: THOLERA Hübner, [1821] 1816. Poole (1989) included NEURONIA Hübner, 1821; CHARAEAS Stephens, 1829; NEVRONIA Agassix, 1847; and EPINEURONIA Rebel, 1901 as junior synonyms of THOLERA Hübner, 1821.

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Dataset buttmoth
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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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