Compsa
| Number: | 6883.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Walker | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100203#page/296/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Bombycidae | |
| Genus: | Compsa | |
| Journal: | Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. | |
| Year: | 1862 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 254 | |
| Ref Id: | 6193.0 | |
| Series: | (3) | |
| Status: | Junior homonym | |
| Subfamily: | Apatelodinae | |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea | |
| Volume: | 1 | |
| Senior Syn: | ZOLESSIA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Biezanko & Monne | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 101 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1968 | |
| Type Country: | BRAZIL | |
| Type Depository: | (A. Fry Collection) | |
| Type Locality: | Rio Janeiro | |
| Types: | Type status unknown, Male | |
| Type Des: | by monotypy | |
| Type Sp Author: | Walker | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100203#page/296/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. | |
| Type Sp Page: | 255 | |
| Type Sp Series: | (3) | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1862 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 6193.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Compsa | |
| Type Sp: | saturata | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombycidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=COMPSA'] | |
| Memo: | Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- A junior homonym of Compsa Perty, 1832, in Spix, Delectus Anim. articulatorum Bras. (2): 92, - Insecta, Coleoptera. The objective replacement name is Zolessia Biezanko & Monne, 1968. Becker, V.O., 2001, The identity of some unrecognized Neotropical Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) described by Francis Walker. Revta bras. Zool. 18: 153-157 included Compsa Walker, 1862.; Mesotages Felder, 1874; Tarchon Druce, 1887; and Zolessia Biezanko & Monné, 1968 as new synonyms of Prothysana Walker, 1855. |
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