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Distagma

Number: 8814.0
Author: Staudinger
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Distagma
Journal: Ergebn. Hamburg. Magalhaensischen Sammelr.
Year: 1899
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 80
Part: (7)
Ref Id: 11257.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Ennominae
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Volume: 4
Type Country: [ARGENTINA/CHILE]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Tierra del Fuego
Types: Syntypes - males
Type Des: by original designation
Type Sp Author: Staudinger
Type Sp Journal: Ergebn. Hamburg. Magalhaensischen Sammelr.
Type Sp Page: 80
Type Sp Part: (7)
Type Sp Volume: 4
Type Sp Year: 1899
Type Sp Ref Id: 11257.0
Type Sp Genus: Distagma
Type Sp: desolata
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=DISTAGMA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- D. desolata is a junior subjective synonym of Honorana aenea Butler, 1882, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1882: 365. Distagma was not, originally placed in a family, but was compared with a Noctuid genus, It has since been placed in the Geometridae, Ennominae. Fletcher (1979, Generic Names of Moths of the World) stated:- D. desolata is a junior subjective synonym of Honorana aenea Butler, 1882, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1882: 365. The title-page of part 7 of Staudinger's work is dated 1898, but the actual date of publication, January 1899, is printed on page [118], the legend to the plate. Parsons et al. (1999) included ANTYGOPHANES Prout, 1910; DASYSTOLE Warren, 1907; DISTAGMA Staudinger, 1899; LASIOPS Warren, 1895; MICRODONTOPERA Prout, 1910; PSEUDOSALPIS Staudinger, 1899; and SALPIS Mabille, 1885 as junior synonym of MALLOMUS Blanchard, 1852.

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