Cometa
| Number: | 6848.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Sodoffsky | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128835#page/86/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Noctuidae | |
| Genus: | Cometa | |
| Journal: | Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. | |
| Year: | 1837 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 85 | |
| Part: | (6) | |
| Ref Id: | 5429.0 | |
| Status: | Unnecessary replacement name | |
| Subfamily: | Acronictinae | |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | |
| Volume: | 10 | |
| Senior Syn: | ACRONICTA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Ochsenheimer | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 62 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1816 | |
| Type Country: | [EUROPE] | |
| Type Depository: | (LS, London) | |
| Type Locality: | ? Locality | |
| Types: | Tupe(s) | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 8775.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Curtis | |
| Type Des Year: | 1826 | |
| Type Des Journal: | British entomology | |
| Type Des Title: | British entomology. being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, &c. | |
| Type Des Volume: | 3 | |
| Type Des Page: | 136 | |
| Type Des Comment: | (of Acronicta) | |
| Type Sp Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/532/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Systema Naturae | |
| Type Sp Page: | 510 | |
| Type Sp Page Comment: | (of ACRONICTA Ochsenheimer, 1816) | |
| 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: | leporina | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=COMETA'] | |
| Memo: | Nye (1975) stated:- Proposed, unnecessarily, as an objective replacement name for Acronycta Treitschke, 1825, which Sodoffsky considered to be inappropriate. See: ACRONICTA Ochsenheimer, 1816. Poole (1989) included ACRONYCTA Treitschke, 1825; APATELE Hübner, 1822; ARCTOMYSCIS Hübner, 1820 (as ARCTOMYCIS Hübner, 1820); CHAMAEPORA Warren, 1909; COMETA Sodoffsky, 1837; CUSPIDIA Chapman, 1890; EULONCHE Grote, 1873; HYBOMA Hübner, 1820; JOCHEAERA Hübner, 1820; LEPITOREUMA Grote, 1873; MASTIPHANES Grote, 1882; MEGACRONYCTA Grote, 1873; MICROCOELIA Guenée, 1852; PHARETRA Hübner, 1820; PHILORGYIA Grote, 1896; PLATAPLECTA Butler, 1878; PSEUDEPUNDA Butler, 1890; SEMAPHORA Guenée, 1841; SEMATOPHORA Agassiz, 1847; SUBACRONICTA Kozhantschikov, 1950; TRIAENA Hübner, 1818; TRICHOLONCHE Grote, 1896; and VIMINIA Chapman, 1890 as junior synonyms of ACRONICTA Ochsenheimer, 1816. |
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