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Cynisca

Number: 7787.0
Author: Fawcett
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98531#page/344/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cynisca
Journal: Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.
Year: 1917
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 240
Ref Id: 1797.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Calpinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 1917
Senior Syn: SICCYNA
Senior Syn Author: Nye
Senior Syn Page: 449
Senior Syn Year: 1975
Type Country: KENYA
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: Kedai
Types: Holotype
Type Des: by original designation
Type Sp Author: Fawcett
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98531#page/344/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.
Type Sp Page: 240, pl.1, fig.13
Type Sp Year: 1917
Type Sp Ref Id: 1797.0
Type Sp Genus: Cynisca
Type Sp: thisbe
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=CYNISCA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- A junior homonym of Cynisca Gray, 1844, Cat. Tortoises, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians Colln Br. Mus.: 71, -Reptilia. The objective replacement name is Siccyna nom. n. [Nye, 1975]. See: SICCYNA Nye, 1975. Poole (1989) included CYNISCA Fawcett, 1917 (preoccuoied) as a junior synonym of SICCYNA Nye, 1975.

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Dataset buttmoth
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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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