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Chlorolychnis

Number: 6081.0
In Author: Wytsman
Author: Meyrick
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60119#page/252/mode/2up
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Chlorolychnis
Journal: Genera Insect.
Year: 1925
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 5 [key], 241
Ref Id: 3911.0
Status: Available name
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Volume: 184
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des: by original designation
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120181#page/82/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 633
Type Sp Part: (29)
Type Sp Year: 1864
Type Sp Ref Id: 8464.0
Type Sp Genus: Gelechia
Type Sp: agnatella
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelechiidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=CHLOROLYCHNIS']
Memo: Chlorolychnis Meyrick, 1925, was transferred to the Lecithoceridae [no record was found for the transfer to the Xyloryctidae from the Gelechiidae, see below] from the Xyloryctidae by Gozmany, 1978, in Microlepidoptera Palaearctica, Amsel, Gregor and Reisser [Eds] Volume 5, Lecithoceridae, p. 260. Chlorolychnis was treated in the Gelechiidae by Nye & Fletcher 1991, 6 : 66.

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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