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Tortyra

Number: 29465.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120180#page/534/mode/2up
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Tortyra
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1863
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 510
Part: (28)
Ref Id: 11753.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Choreutinae
Superfamily: Choreutoidea
Type Country: [BRAZIL]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: [Tefé] Ega, Santarem
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 760.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Busck
Type Des Year: 1914
Type Des Journal: Proc. U.S. natn. Mus.
Type Des Title: Proceedings of the United States National Museum / Washington, DC
Type Des Volume: 47
Type Des Page: 57
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32860#page/74/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120180#page/534/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 510
Type Sp Part: (28)
Type Sp Year: 1863
Type Sp Ref Id: 11543.0
Type Sp Genus: Tortyra
Type Sp: spectabilis
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=TORTYRA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreutidae']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Tortyra was established in the Tineidae; it was placed in the Glyphipterigidae by Meyrick, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 462; and transferred to the Choreutidae by Heppner, 1977, Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 79 (4): 635. Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- Tortyra was included in the "Glyphipteryidae" by Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dep. Agric. India (Ent.) 11: 228; it was transferred to the Choreutidae by Heppner, 1977, Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 79: 635.

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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