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Demiophila

Number: 8197.0
Author: Meyrick
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/210/mode/2up
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Demiophila
Journal: J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.
Year: 1906
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 152
Ref Id: 3825.0
Status: Available name
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Volume: 17
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Meyrick
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/210/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.
Type Sp Page: 152
Type Sp Volume: 17
Type Sp Year: 1906
Type Sp Ref Id: 3825.0
Type Sp Genus: Demiophila
Type Sp: psaphara
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=DEMIOPHILA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecophoridae']
Memo: Nye & Fletcher (1991) included DEMIOPHILA in the subfamily OECOPHORIDAE: AUTOSTICHINAE, treated by Hodges, in Kristensen (1999) as a subfamily of AUTOSTICHIDAE. Demiophila Meyrick, 1906, was transferred from the Lecithoceridae to the Gelechiidae by Gozmany, 1978, in Microlepidoptera Palaearctica, Amsel, Gregor and Reisser [Eds] Volume 5, Lecithoceridae, p. 261. Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- Demiophila was included in the "Gelechiadae" by Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dep. Agric. India (Ent.) 11: 65; it was transferred to the Timyridae, now Lecithoceridae, by Clarke, 1955, Cat. Type Specimens Microlepid. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. descr. E. Meyrick 1: 20; but was included in the Gelechiidae by Clarke, 1969, ibidem 7: 7; it was transferred to the Oecophoridae : Autostichinae by Hodges, 1978, in Dominick et al., Moths Am. N. of Mexico 6 (1): 9.

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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