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Aepytus

Number: 576.0
Author: Herrich-Schäffer
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105037#page/12/mode/2up
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aepytus
Journal: Samml. aussereurop. Schmett.
Year: 1858
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 56
Part: (1)
Ref Id: 2652.0
Status: Available name
Superfamily: Hepialoidea
Volume: 1
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des Ref Id: 3125.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Kirby
Type Des Year: 1892
Type Des Journal: Syn. Cat. Lepid. Het.
Type Des Title: A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera Moths / London ; Berlin, 1892
Type Des Volume: 1
Type Des Page: 887
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37479#page/904/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Herrich-Schäffer
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105037#page/86/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Samml. aussereurop. Schmett.
Type Sp Page: wrapper, pl.31 fig.145
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1854
Type Sp Ref Id: 2645.0
Type Sp Genus: Epialus
Type Sp: exclamans
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=AEPYTUS', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepialidae']
Memo: Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- E. exclamans was a Boisduval manuscript name made nomenclaturally available by Herrich-Schüffer. Hepialyxodes Viette, 1951 was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.19. Paragorgopis Viette, 1951, [a Junior Homonym of Paragorgopis Giglio-Tos, 1893 - Diptera] was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.19. Schaefferiana Viette, 1950, was downgrade to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.19. Thiastyx Viette, 1951 was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.19. Cibyra Walker, 1856, was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.20. Lamelliformia Viette, 1951, was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.20. Philaenia Kirby, 1892 was downgrade to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.20. Pseudophilaenia Viette, 1950 was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.20. Xytrops Viette, 1952 was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.20. Yleuxas Viette, 1951 was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Aepytus Herrich-Schüffer, [1858] 1850-1858 by Nielsen and Robinson, 1983, Entomonograph 4, p.20.

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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