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Ellema

Number: 9567.0
Author: Clemens
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ellema
Journal: J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.
Year: 1859
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 187
Ref Id: 9236.0
Series: (2)
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Sphinginae
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Tribe: Sphingini
Volume: 4
Type Country: [U.S.A.]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Maine, Brunswick
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Clemens
Type Sp Journal: J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.
Type Sp Page: 188
Type Sp Series: (2)
Type Sp Volume: 4
Type Sp Year: 1859
Type Sp Ref Id: 9236.0
Type Sp Genus: Ellema
Type Sp: harrisii
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ELLEMA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- E. harrisii is a junior subjective synonym of Lapara bombycoides Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 233. See also: Lapara Walker, 1856. Kitching & Cadiou (2000) list ELLEMA Clemens, 1859 and EXEDRIUM Grote, 1882 as junior synonyms of LAPARA Walker, 1856.

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Dataset buttmoth
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Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
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