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Desmophora

Number: 8285.0
Author: Stephens
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37014#page/566/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Desmophora
Journal: Syst. Cat. Br. Insects
Year: 1829
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 109
Part: (Insecta Haustellata)
Ref Id: 5553.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: [GREAT BRITAIN]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: [London], [formerly in] Surr[e]y, Brixton
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Des Comment: (but cited as Desmophora elegans Stephens, 1829, an unnecessary replacement name, with catena in synonymy)
Type Sp Author: Sowerby
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91785#page/76/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Br. Miscellany
Type Sp Page: 29, pl.14
Type Sp Part: (4)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1804
Type Sp Ref Id: 8262.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: catena
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=DESMOPHORA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- P. catena is a junior subjective synonym of Bombyx nitidula Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Insect. 2: 126. Poole (1989) included TARACHE Hübner, 1823; DESMOPHORA Stephens, 1829; EUPHASIA Stephens, 1830; HELIOTHERA Sodoffsky, 1837; PORROTHA Gistl, 1848; TIMA Walker, 1858; and TRICHOTARACHE Grote, 1875 as junior synonyms of ACONTIA Ochsenheimer, 1816.

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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