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Automolis

Number: 3361.0
Author: Hübner
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103196#page/178/mode/2up
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Automolis
Journal: Verz. bekannt. Schmett.
Year: 1819
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 170
Ref Id: 2846.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Syntominae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Type Country: [SOUTH AFRICA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: [Cape of Good Hope] Kaap de Goede Hoop
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: 220
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37479#page/238/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Stoll
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95058#page/234/mode/2up
Type Sp In Author: Cramer
Type Sp Journal: Uitl. Kapellen
Type Sp Page: 109, pl.347, fig.B
Type Sp Volume: 4
Type Sp Year: 1781
Type Sp Ref Id: 8316.0
Type Sp Genus: Sphinx
Type Sp: meteus
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=AUTOMOLIS', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctiidae']
Memo: Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- S. metaus is dated from the wrapper of the part and not from the title-page of the volume, 1782. Incorrect type-species: Glaucopis Sphingidea Perty, 1834, a name not originally included in Automalis and not linked with one of the originally included names when designated by Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7:1634. Automolis was established in the `Phalaenae'; it was placed in the `Zygaenidae' by Walker, 1856, ibidem 7:1634 was placed in the Arctiidae by Kirby, 1892, ibidem 1:220; and its type-species was placed in the Thyretidae by Kiriakoff, 1956, Lambillionea 56: 26.

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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