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Meganoton

Number: 17343.0
In Author: Boisduval & Guenée
Author: Boisduval
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37726#page/72/mode/2up
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Meganoton
Journal: Hist. nat. Ins.
Year: 1875
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 58
Ref Id: 525.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Sphinginae
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Tribe: Sphingini
Volume: 1
Type Country: [BANGLADESH]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Sylhet
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 3125.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Kirby
Type Des Year: 1892
Type Des Journal: Syn. Cat. Lepid. Het.
Type Des Title: A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera Moths / London ; Berlin, 1892
Type Des Volume: 1
Type Des Page: 682
Type Des Comment: (but included by Boisduval as 'nyctiphanes Boid.', an incorrect authorship)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37479#page/700/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120096#page/220/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 209
Type Sp Part: (8)
Type Sp Year: 1856
Type Sp Ref Id: 6168.0
Type Sp Genus: Macrosila
Type Sp: nyctiphanes
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MEGANOTON', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 513, quoting a letter from the author, stated that Boisduval's work was published on 22.ii.1875.

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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