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Megaloptera

Number: 17325.0
Author: Bethune-Baker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21970#page/226/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Megaloptera
Journal: Novit. zool.
Year: 1908
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 210
Ref Id: 424.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 15
Type Country: NEW GUINEA
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: [Papua], Kebea Range & R. Aroa
Types: Syntypes - male
Type Des: by original designation
Type Sp Author: Bethune-Baker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21970#page/226/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Novit. zool.
Type Sp Page: 210
Type Sp Volume: 15
Type Sp Year: 1908
Type Sp Ref Id: 424.0
Type Sp Genus: Megaloptera
Type Sp: lophota
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MEGALOPTERA']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- M. lophota is a junior subjective synonym of Piratisca minax Meyrick, 1902. See also: Piratisca Meyrick, 1902; and Systaticospora Bethune-Baker, 1908. Megaloptera is not preoccupied by * Megaloptera; Ashmead, 1899, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 26:92, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Megalopta Smith, 1853, Cat. Hym. Insects Br. Mus. 1:83, Hymenoptera. Poole (1989) included MEGALOPTERA Bethune-Baker, 1908; SYSTATICOSPORA Bethune-Baker, 1908; and MEGALOPTEROIDES Strand, 1910 as junior synonyms of PIRATISCA Meyrick,1902.

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License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c