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Agrophila

Number: 825.0
Author: Boisduval
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrophila
Journal: Genera Index meth. Eur. Lepid.
Year: 1840
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 175
Ref Id: 9061.0
Status: Junior objective synonym
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Senior Syn: EMMELIA
Senior Syn Author: Hübner
Senior Syn Page: 254
Senior Syn Year: 1821
Type Country: GERMANY
Type Depository: (LS, London)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: Type
Type Des Ref Id: 463.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Blanchard
Type Des Year: 1840
Type Des Journal: Hist. nat. Ins.
Type Des Title: Histoire naturelle des insectes
Type Des Series: (Insectes)
Type Des Volume: 3
Type Des Page: 522
Type Des Comment: (as a junior name of `sulphurea Hübn.', an incorrect authorship of Noctua sulphurea [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, a name originally included in Agrophila and also an unjustified emendation of sulphuralis Linnaeus)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120987#page/662/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Linnaeus
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137240#page/354/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Systema Naturae
Type Sp Page: 881
Type Sp Series: (Edn 12)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1767
Type Sp Ref Id: 3528.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: sulphuralis
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=AGROPHILA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- Agrophila is a junior objective synonym of Emmelia Hübner, [1821]. See: EMMELIA Hübner, [1812] 1816. Poole (1989) included EROTYLA Hübner, 1822; and AGROPHILA Boisduval, 1840 as junior synonyms of EMMELIA Hübner, 1821.

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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