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The Generic Names of

Moths of the World

LEGEND TO FRONTISPIECE

Fig. 1. cra/ia/fl Packard, cJ, North America. See Harris, 1841 .

Fig. 2. Carama walkeri Butler, (^, Brazil. See Carama Walker, 1855.

Fig. 3. Ne urosymploca wallengreni Y^\rhy,^,So\i\.h Mr'icdi. Ste Neurosymploca '^aWengre.n, 1858.

Fig. 4. 5/i/i//i.v mtowi/o/wA Rottemburg, c^. Great Britain. See Newman, 1832.

Fig. 5. Gonimbrasia hecate KougQOt, Ghsina. See Goni??ibrasia Butler, \S7S.

Fig. 6. Dapimis pandonis HiihneT, IJ.S. A. See Philampelus Harris, IS39.

Fig. 7. /./Tjj'oc/oaiA Rothschild & Jordan, Zimbabwe. See Acentropoclanis Strar\d, 1915.

Fig. 8. cow/n/cra Butler, lectotype (J, Bangladesh. See Walkei, 1 855.

Fig. 9. Melisomimas metallica Hampson, (J, Uganda. See Melisoniimas Jordan, 1907.

Fig. 10. Scopelodes vemsaV^a\\,er, ^,lr\dia. See Herrich-Schaffer, 1855.

Fig. 11. Diospage scintdlans Butler, Maiaw. See La/n/7/oc///->’^a Hampson, 1 91 8.

All moths are natural size.

The Generic Names of

Moths of the World

Edited by I. W. B. Nye

Volume 4

Bombycoidea Mimallonoidea

Castnioidea Sesioidea

Cossoidea Sphingoidea

Zygaenoidea

By D. S. Fletcher and I. W. B. Nye

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Editor’s preface

In the whole of the Animal Kingdom about 290 000 genus-group names have been used and of these

nearly 10% have been applied to moths and butterflies. It is intended to catalogue all of the

24 000 moth names in the following volumes which have either already been published or are in

preparation.

The Generic Names of Moths of the World

Edited by I. W. B. Nye

VOLUME I by 1. W. B. Nye (published I Ith December 1975)

Superfamily NOCTUOIDEA (part) AGARISTIDAE NOLIDAE

NOCTUIDAE

VOLUME 2 by A. Watson, D. S. Fletcher and I. W. B. Nye (published 30th October 1980)

Superfamily NOCTUOIDEA (part) ARCTIIDAE LYMANTRIIDAE

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VOLUME 6 (in preparation)

Superfamily

COPROMORPHOIDEA

Superfamily GELECHIOIDEA

Superfamily

YPONOMEUTOIDEA

Superfamily IMMOIDEA

Superfamily TORTRICOIDEA

Superfamily TINEOIDEA

Superfamily TISCHERIOIDEA

Superfamily INCURVARIOIDEA

Superfamily NEPTICULOIDEA

Superfamily HEPIALOIDEA

Superfamily

MNESARCHAEOIDEA

Superfamily NEOPSEUSTOIDEA

Superfamily ERIOCRANIOIDEA

Superfamily

AGATHIPHAGOIDEA

Superfamily

MICROPTERIGOIDEA

ALUCITIDAE

GARPOSINIDAE

AGONOXENIDAE

ANOMOLOGIDAE

BLASTOBASIDAE

COLEOPHORIDAE

COSMOPTERIGIDAE

ELACHISTIDAE

GELECHIIDAE

AMPHITHERIDAE

DOUGLASIIDAE

EPERMENIIDAE

EPIMARPTIDAE

IMMIDAE

COCHYLIDAE

ARRHENOPHANIDAE

ERIOCOTTIDAE

GRACILLARIIDAE

LYONETIIDAE

TISCHERIIDAE

ADELIDAE

CECIDOSIDAE

CRINOPTERYGIDAE

NEPTICULIDAE

ANOMOSETIDAE

HEPIALIDAE

NEOTHEORIDAE

MNESARCHAEIDAE

NEOPSEUSTIDAE

ACANTHOPTEROCTETIDAE

ERIOCRANIIDAE

AGATHIPHAGIDAE

MICROPTERIGIDAE

COPROMORPHIDAE

GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE

LECITHOCERIDAE

METACHANDIDAE

MOMPHIDAE

OECOPHORIDAE

PTEROLONCHIDAE

SCYTHRIDIDAE

HELIODINIDAE

SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE

YPONOMEUTIDAE

TORTRICIDAE

OCHSENHEIMERIIDAE

PSEUDARBELIDAE

PSYCHIDAE

TINEIDAE

HELIOZELIDAE

INCURVARIIDAE

PRODOXIDAE

OPOSTEGIDAE

PALAEOSETIDAE

PROTOTHEORIDAE

LOPHOCORONIDAE

Contents

Page

Editor’s preface ........... iii

Synopsis vii

Aim, scope and style .......... vii

Form of entries ........... vii

Sequence . vii

References . vii

Dates vii

Type-localities. .......... vii

Unavailable names .......... viii

Homonymy ............ viii

Misidentified type-species ......... viii

Family-group names .......... viii

Summary of inter-family transferences ...... x

Summary of names newly established ....... x

Dates of some important publications ...... xi

Cramer, P. & Stoll, C. 1775-1782; 1787-1790 xi

Kirby, W. F. 1892 [july 9] ....... . xii

Latreille, P. a. [1802 November 6] ...... . xii

OCHSENHEIMER, F. 1810 [AUGUST 31] . . . . . . . xiii

Romanoff, N. M. 1892 [july 12] . . . . . . . xiii

ScHRANK, F. VON P. 1802 [APRIL 24] . . . . . . . xiii

Acknowledgements ..... ..... xiv

Alphabetical catalogue of genus-group names ..... 1

Symbols used ........... 1

Abbreviations used for family-group names ..... 1

Catalogue ........... 1

Index to species-group names . . . . . . . .175

VII

Synopsis

The 2858 genus-group names of the superfainilies Bombycoidea, Castnioidea, Cossoidea, Mimal-

lonoidea, Sesioidea, Sphingoidea and Zygaenoidea are listed with tlieir type-species and original

bibliographical references. The means of fixation of each type-species together with its type-locality

is given. New genus-group names are established for 19 junior homonyms for which no replacement

names could be found, one new nominal genus is established, and 19 genera are transferred to other

families. Type-species are designated for 36 nominal genera for which no previous type-species

fixation could be found, new replacement names are established for two type-species, and lectotypes

are designated for five type-species.

Aim, Scope and Style

The aim, scope and style of this catalogue are closely similar to those defined in the first volume of

this series. However, it has now been possible to include all relevant names contained in the Zoological

Record up to and including volume 1 14 published in 1980, together with names from recent works that

have come to our notice up to the end of July 1981.

This fourth volume contains the genus-group names in the superfamilies Bombycoidea, Castnioidea,

Cossoidea, Mimallonoidea, Sesioidea, Sphingoidea and Zygaenoidea. The families and subfamilies

included are those cited in the Editor’s preface and under the heading ‘Family-group Names’.

Each nomenclaturally available generic name has been objectively defined by linking it with its valid

type-species designation, determined according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

(Edn 2), 1964, with amendments, 1974, Bull, zoo! Norn. 31 ; 77-89. Invalid and incorrect designations of

type-species which antedate the valid designation are listed and the reasons for their rejection are given.

Subjective synonymy of genus-group names has not been included, except in the case of:

(a) a junior homonym having no objective replacement name, or

(b) two or more genera having type-species which are subjectively synonymous: such genus-group

names have been cross-referenced by the phrase ‘See also Genus Author, date’. Where the type-species

of a genus is a junior subjective synonym, its senior subjective synonym and reference is also included

Form of Entries

Sequence

The catalogue is arranged alphabetically. Junior homonyms, junior objective synonyms and names

not nomenclaturally available are listed chronologically under their potentially valid name, and are

also cross-referenced in the main alphabetical sequence.

Reeerences

Titles of journals have been abbreviated as in the Work! List of Scientific Periodicals (Edn 4),

1963-1965. If the cited journal has not been included in the World List, abbreviations in the style

of that work have been used. Nouns always start with a capital letter and adjectives usually start

with a small letter. Abbreviations are followed by a full stop, but contractions are not.

Titles of books and other non-serial works have also been abbreviated in the style of the World List,

using the ‘Select List of Abbreviations’ published in volume 3 of that work.

The full titles of journals may be found in the World List or in the List of Serial Publications in the

British Museum {Natural History) Library (Edn 2), 1975. Most of the titles of books and of other

non-serial works are in the Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum

{Natural History).

Throughout this catalogue the term Commission refers to the International Commission on

Zoological Nomenclature and the term Code refers to the International Code of Zoological Nomen-

clature (Edn 2), 1964, with amendments 1974, Bull. zooi. Nom. 31: 77-89.

Dates

Following Recommendation 22A of the Code, dates of publication have been cited in square

brackets if they have been determined from external evidence and in parentheses if determined from

evidence in the volume itself. These dates have usually been follow'ed by those printed on the

title-page to assist in finding the work in library catalogues.

Dates of publication given in Sherborn’s Inde.x Animalium and in the Catalogue of Books, Manu-

scripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum {Natural History) have been adopted, except where

bibliographical research has shown that changes should be made.

Ty PE-LOCALITIES

The place of origin, as stated in the original description, of the name-bearing type of the type-species

is cited as the type-locality. If this is considered to be erroneous a note is added. Names of countries

are given in their current English form and are placed in square brackets when they ha\e not been

included with the original description. In other instances square brackets have been used to enclose

the current name for a locality which is then followed, without a comma, by the originally cited name

viii GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

of the country or locality. Modern interpretations have not been given for originally stated localities

such as ‘Congo’ or ‘Himalaya Mountains’ that comprise more than one present-day state. The

spellings of modern names follow those used in The Times Atlas of the World {Edn 5), 1975.

Unavailable names

Unavailable names (names that are not nomenclaturally available under the rules of the Code) are

preceded by a double dagger (J) and reasons for their rejection are given.

Names recorded in Neave, Nomenclator zoologicus as ‘(pro A-us Author, date)’ usually lack positive

indication as to whether the names are misspellings without nomenclatural availability or whether they

are emendations with nomenclatural availability. All such entries have been checked and the correct

status given.

Homonymy

Names that have been proposed expressly to replace junior homonyms, and junior objective

synonyms that have been used for the same purpose, are referred to in this catalogue as objective

replacement names. Junior subjective synonyms used to replace preoccupied senior synonyms are

referred to as subjective replacement names.

Generic names that are junior homonyms have been placed, wherever possible, under their objective

replacement names. Some generic homonyms were found to have no objective synonyms but it has

been possible to place these as subjective synonyms ot other genera by finding, in each case, a genus

whose type-species we consider to be congeneric with that of the homonymous genus. There remained,

however, 19 for which there was neither an objective nor a subjective replacement name; new names

have therefore been proposed for these homonyms. .A list of the new names has been included in

a ‘Summary of Names Newly Established’.

Misidentified Type-species

Under Article 70 of the Code it is to be assumed that an author has correctly identified the nominal

species that he

(1 ) referred to a new genus when he established h, or

(2) designated as type-species of a new or established genus.

In this catalogue there are several genera having type-species now known to be based on misidentified

specimens. Under Article 70 such cases should be referred to the Commission to designate whichever

species would promote nomenclatural stability. The authors of this catalogue have provisionally

chosen type-species that they consider will fulfil this objective.

Family-group Names

The family-group names used in this catalogue are the oldest available suprageneric names that

have been applied to each family. They are listed below together with the first published reference

to each name; synonyms that have had wide use are also listed but no attempt has been made to

compile a complete synonymy.

BOMBYCOIDEA

ANTHELIDAE Turner, 1904, Trans, ent. Soc. Land. 1904: 479 (as Lymantriidae, Anthelinae).

APATELODIDAE Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894, Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 2: 112, 113 (as Notodontidae, Apatelodinae).

Zanolidae McDunnough, 1938, Mem. sth. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 138.

BOMBYCIDAE Latreille, [1802], in Sonnini, Hist. nat. gen. particidiere Crustaces Insectes 3: 404 (as

Bombycinae).

BRAHMAEIDAE Swinhoe, 1892, Cat. east, and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colin Oxf. Univ. Mas. 1: 253.

CARTHAEIDAE Common, 1966, J. ent. Soc. Qd 5: 29.

CERCOPHANIDAE Jordan, 1924, NoAt. zool. 31: 181.

ENDROMIDAE Boisduval, 1828, Eur. Lepid. Index metlw. 50 (as Endromidi).

EUPTEROTIDAE Swinhoe, 1892, Cat. east, and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colin Oxf. Univ. Mas. 1: 271.

LASIOCAMPIDAE Harris, 1841, Rep. Insects Mass, injurious Vegn.: 265 (as Lasiocampadae).

Lachneidae Grote, 1888, Can. Ent. 20: 223 (as Bombycidae, Lachneinae).

LEMONIIDAE Hampson, 1918, Novit. zool. 25: 367 (as Lemoniadae).

OXYTENIDAE Jordan, 1924, Novit. zool. 31: 135.

SATURNIIDAE Boisduval, [1837] 1834, leones hist. Lepid. Eur. 2: 170 (as Saturnides).

AGLIINAE Packard, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 11: 172.

ARSENURINAE Jordan, 1922, Novit. zool. 29: 250.

Rhescyntinae Bouvier, 1930, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley 4: 3 (as Rhescyntidae).

CERATOCAMPINAE Harris, 1841, Rep. Insects Mass, injurious Vegn.: 287 (as Ceratocampadae).

Dryocampinae Grote & Robinson, 1866, Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. 8: 379 (as Dryocampini).

Adelocephalinae Boisduval, 1872, Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 15: [79] (as Adelocephalides). Burmeister, 1878,

Descr. physique Republique Argentine 5 (Lepid. 1): 485 (as Adelocephalidae).

Citheroniinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894, Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 2: 174 (as Citheroniidae).

Sphingicampinae Packard, 1901, Psyche, Canih. 9: 280.

Syssphinginae Packard, 1914. Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 12: 1 (as Syssphingina).

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

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HEMILEUCINAE Grote & Robinson, 1866, Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. 8: 376 (as Hemileucini).

Dirphiinae Burmeister, 1878, Dcscr. physique Repuhlique Argentine 5 (Lcpid. I): 473 (as Dirphiadae).

Automerinae Grote, 1896, Mitt. Roeniennus. HUdes. 6: 3, 27.

LUDIINAE Aurivillius, 1904, Ark. Zool. 2 (4): 21.

Holocerinae Packard, 1914, Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 12: 144.

SALASSINAE Michener, 1949, Evolution, Lancaster, Pa. 3: 130.

SATURNIINAE Boisduval, [1837] 1834, leones hist. Lepid. Eur. 2: 170 (as Saturnides).

Attacinae Duponchel, [1845] 1844, Cat. nieth. Lepid. Ear.: 78 (as Attaccidae).

The family-group name Attacidae was validated by the International Commission on Zoological

Nomenclature, 1957, Opin. Deck int. Coinnni zool. Noni. 15 (Opinion 450): 259, and placed on the

Official List of Eaitiily-Group Names in Zoology with the Name Number 142. Because of the enhanced

status it was thus afforded, Attacidae was subsequently used by some authors in preference to

Saturniidae which had had much wider use but which had not been placed on the Official List.

However, the Commission, 1981, Bull. zool. Norn. 38 (Opinion 1170): 95, placed Saturniidae on the

Official List of Eamily-Group Names in Zoology with the Name Number 507. Saturniidae Boisduval,

[1837] is earlier than Attacidae Duponchel, [1845] and has been adopted as the valid family-group

name in this catalogue. Attacinae remains available for use as a subfamily name if required.

CASTNIOIDEA

CASTNIIDAE Boisduval, [1828], Essai sur une Monographic des Zygenides'. 2 (as Castniaires).

COSSOIDEA

CHRYSOPOLOMIDAE Aurivillius, 1895, Ent. Tidskr. 16: I 16.

COSSIDAE Leach, [1815] 1830, in Brewster, Edinburgh Encycl. 9: 131 (as Cossida).

Zeuzeridae Boisduval, 1828, Eur. Lepid. Inde.x nieth.: 51 (as Zeuzeridi).

DALCERIDAE Dyar, 1898, 7/ TV. Y. ent. Soc. 6: 231.

LIMACODIDAE Duponchel, [1845] 1844, Cat. meth. Lepid. Eur.: 84.

■jCochliopodi Boisduval, 1828, Eur. Lepid. Index meth.: 57. Not based on an available genus-group

name and therefore unavailable under the Code, Article 1 1(e).

Cochlidiae Grote & Robinson, 1866, Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. 8: 372.

Heterogeneidae Meyrick, 1 895, Handhk Br. Lepid. : 450.

Apodidae Giote, 1896, Mitt. Rocmermus. Hildes. 1: [3].

MEGALOPYGIDAE Herrich-Schaffer, 1855, Syst. Bearheitung Schmett. Eur. 6: 83 (as Megalopygina).

Somabrachyidae Hampson, 1920, Novit. zool. 26: 262 (as Somabrachidae).

METARBELIDAE Strand, 1909, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 22: 118.

Arbelidae Hampson, [1893] 1892, Eaitna Br. India (Moths) 1: 10 (key), 314. The type-genus Arhela

Moore, 1879, is a junior homonym of Arhela Stal, 1865; Arbelidae Hampson, [1893], is therefore

invalid under the Code, Article 39.

Hollandiidae Karsch, 1896, Ent. Nachr. Berlin 22: 135 (as Hollandiiden). The type-genus Hollandia

Karsch, 1896, is a junior homonym of Hollandia Butler, 1892; Hollandiidae Karsch, 1896, is therefore

invalid under the Code, Article 39.

Teragridae Hampson, 1920, Novit. zool. 26: 263.

Lepidarbelidae Dalla Torre & Strand, 1923, i/i Strand, Lepid. Cat. 28: [3].

RATARDIDAE Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1:12, [16], 19.

MIMALLONOIDEA

MIMALLONIDAE Burmeister, 1878, Descr. physique Rffiuhlique Argentine 5 (Lepid. 1): 495 (as Saturniadae,

Mimallonidae).

Lacosomidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893, J! TV. >'. ent. Soc. 1: 98, 99.

Perophoridae Packard, 1895, Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 1: 83.

Ptochopsychidae Grote, 1896, Mitt. Rocmermus. Hildes. 1: [4].

SESIOIDEA

BRACHODIDAE Agenjo, 1966, Graellsia 22 (Suppl.): [45] (as Glyphipterigidae, Brachodinae).

Atychiidae Rambur, 1866, Cat. syst. Lepid. Andalousie: 156 (as Atychides). The type-genus Atychia

Latreille, 1809, is a junior homonym oi Atychia Ochsenheimer, 1808; Atychiidae Rambur, 1866, is

therefore invalid under the Code, Article 39.

CHOREUTIDAE Stainton, 1859, Manual Br. Butterflies and Moths 2; 157.

DUDGEONEIDAE Brock, 1971,7. nat. Hist. 5: 82.’

SESIIDAE Boisduval, 1828, Eur. Lepid. Index meth.: [29] (as Sesiariae).

Aegeriidae Stephens, 1829, Nom. Br. Insects: 39.

SPHINGOIDEA

SPHINGIDAE Latreille, [1802], in Sonnini, Hist. nat. gen. particuliere Crustaces insectes 3: 400 (as Sphingidesj.

M ACROGLOSSINAE Harris, 1839, Am.J. Sci. Arts 36: 287 (as Macroglossiadae).

Chocrocampinae Grote & Robinson. 1865, Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 153 (as Chaerocampini).

Dilophonotinae Burmeister, 1878, Descr. physique Repuhlique Argentitie 5 (Lepid. 1): 314 (as Dilo-

phonotidae).

Philampclinae Burmeister, 1878, ibidem 5 (Lepid. 1): 314 (as Philampeliadaej.

ISemanophorinae Rothschild & Jordan. 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (Suppl. j: cwv (as Semanophorae). Not

based on an available genus-group name and therefore unavailable under the Code, .-\rticle 1 l(eV

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GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

SPHINGINAE Latreille, [1802], ibidem 3: 400 (as Sphingides).

Smerinthinae Grote & Robinson, 1865, ibidem 5: 160 (as Smerinthini).

Ambuiicinae Butler, 1876, Trans, zool. Soc. Land. 9: 514.

Acherontiinae Butler, 1876, Trans, zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 515.

+Asemanophorinae Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (Suppl.): cxxv (as Asemanophorae). Not

based on an available genus-group name and therefore unavailable under the Code, Article 1 1(e).

ZYGAENOIDEA

ANOMOEOTIDAE Hering, 1937, Revue Zool. Bot. afr. 29: 255 (as Zygaenidae Anomoeotinae).

CYCLOTORNIDAE Meyrick, 1912, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1911: 590.

EPIPYROPIDAE Dyar, [1903] 1902, Proc. U.S. naln. Mas. 52: 359.

HETEROGYNIDAE Rambur, 1866, Cat. syst. Lepid. Andalousie: 316 (as Heterogynides).

HIMANTOPTERIDAE Rogenhofer, 1884, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33 (2) (Sber): 23, 24.

ZYGAENIDAE Latreille, 1809, Genera Crustaceorum et Insecioriim 4: 189 (as Zygenides).

CHALCOSIINAE Walker, [1865] 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mas. 31 : 111 (as Chalcosiidae).

CHARIDEINAE Butler, 1876, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 12: 414 (as Arctiidae, Charideinae).

Glaucopidae Harris, 1839, Am. J. Sci. 36: 289, 315 (as Glaucopididae). The type-genus Glaucopis

Fabricius, 1807, is a junior homonym of Glaucopis Gmelin, 1788; Glaucopidae Harris, 1839, is

therefore invalid under the Code, Article 39.

Pompostolinae Jordan, \9Q1 , Entomologist AQ: 125.

PHAUDINAE Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Hcteroccra 1 : 110.

PROCRIDINAE Boisduval, 1828, Eur. Eepid. Inde.x mcth.\ 38 (as Procridae).

Pyromorphinae Herrich-SchiilTer, 1 855, Syst. Bearbcitung Schmett. Eur. 6: 83 (as Pyromorphina). Included

in the Zygaenidae, Procridinae on the advice of Dr G. Tarmann, Innsbruck, Austria.

ZYGAENINAE Latreille, 1809, Genera Crustaceorum et l/isectorum 4: 189 (as Zygenides).

Anthrocerinae Westwood, 1840, Jntrod. liiod. Classif. Insects 2: 371 (as Anthroceridae).

Summary of Inter-family Transferences

The following nominal genera are transferred from one family to another.

■^Summary of Names Newly Established

The following list summarizes the junior ho

have been established in this catalogue.

Preoccupied name

il/e/'/T? Oberthur, 1909

Brachycyttara Turner, 1945

Ctenocompa Karsch, I 896

Cyanostola Houlbert, 1918

Cycloptera Janse, 1 964

Diakanoffia Niculescu, 1969

Eremonoma Juvncr, 1924

Gepliyropliora Karsch, 1 896

Lasiochara Bethunc-Baker, 1904

Lasiomorpha Turner, 1932

Nepiomorpha Turner, 1945

Pachygonia Felder, 1874

Paryplianta Karsch, 1896

/’£'/■/?« Walker, 1855

onyms for which new objective replacement names

Replacement name

Magos Fletcher nom. n.

Brevicyttara Fletcher nom. n.

Compactena Fletcher nom. n.

Divana Miller nom. n.

Cyclopterana Fletcher nom. n.

Eudiakanoffia Fletcher nom. n.

Anastrohs Fletcher nom. n.

Eukarschia Fletcher nom. n.

Limacocliara Fletcher nom. n.

Eriomorpha Fletcher nom. n.

Brepliomorpha Fletcher nom. n.

Pachygonidia Fletcher nom. n.

Halseyia Fletcher nom. n.

Pernattia Fletcher nom. n.

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XI

Porthctes West, 1932

Psycliopsis Dyar, 1 937

Rliodosonia Butler, 1876

Schreiteria Dyar, 1937

Viana Walker, 1 869

WesHa Fletcher nom. n.

PsychidocossKS Fletcher nom. n.

Hayesiaiui Fletcher nom. n.

Schrcileriana Fletcher nom . n.

Viangci Fletcher nom. n.

In addition to the 19 objective replacement names listed above, the following new nominal genus

has been established for species previously combined with a genus-group name proposed after 1930

which, although described, contained more than one species and was not accompanied by a definite

fixation of a type-species; such a genus-group name is unavailable under Article 13(b) of the Code.

As this name has not been made available since it was proposed, the requirements of the Code have

been fulfilled in the relevant entry in this catalogue.

Unavailable name New nominal genus

XNeodiphthera Bouvier, 1936 Neodiphthera Fletcher gen. n.

Two type-species were found to be primary homonyms and, as there were neither objective nor

subjective synonyms that could be used as replacement names, new names have been established for

these species.

Preoccupied name

Phalaetm pimctigera Stoll, 1790

Streblote iiesea Geyer, [1833]

Replacement name

Sciathos nigropimctigera Fletcher nom. n.

Sihine geyeri Fletcher nom. n.

Dates of some Important Publications

Cramer, P. & Stoll, C. 1775-1782

Uitlandsche Kapellen {Papillons exotlques), volumes 1-4.

Differences of opinion currently prevail concerning the authorship of parts of Uitlandsche Kapellen

that were published after the death of Cramer in 1780. We have accepted the evidence and dates of

publication that were published by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1958,

Opin. Decl. int. Comnm zool. Nom. 19 (Opinion 516); 41-43, and summarize its conclusions and the

dates of the 34 parts of which the work consisted.

In Opinion 516, Appendix 3, it is stated that: ‘Cramer died in 1780, but the publication of the

Uitlandsche Kapellen was continued without interruption by his associate Caspar Stoll. At first

Stoll did no more than see through the press the manuscripts left behind by Cramer, doing no more

than add an occasional signed footnote. Later, however, Stoll assumed full responsibility for the

text and new names published in this latter portion are accordingly attributable to Stoll and not to

Cramer. The first part seen through the press by Stoll was Part 22 (containing pages 105-128 of

Volume 3), on pages 107-108 and 1 15-116 of which there are footnotes signed by Stoll, the first which

contains (: 107) a reference to the death of Cramer (here referred to as ‘feu jMr P. Cramer’). That

the text of this Part was written by Cramer is shown by the numerous references in it to ‘Mr Stoll’

(e.g. on pp. 109, 111, 115, etc.). Similar evidence shows that the text of Parts 23-25 (comprising the

remainder (pp. 129-176) of Volume 3 and the first three Signatures (Signatures A-C), comprising

pp. 1-20 of Volume 4) were written by Cramer. Part 26 contained three Signatures (Signatures D-F),

the first of these comprising pp. 21-28, contains a reference (: 28) to ‘Heer C. Stoll’ and, as noted by

Sherborn, was clearly written by Cramer. On the other hand. Signature E (: 29-36) and Signature F

(: 37-44) are clearly the work of Stoll, as is shown by no less than five notes inserted in the text and

signed by Stoll (: 33, 34, 36, 41, 43). From page 29 of Volume 4 onwards new names should therefore

be attributed to Stoll and not to Cramer. In one case only does the internal e\ idence on the question

of authorship provided by the text affect the currently accepted dates of publication. This is in

relation to Part 22, which is commonly treated as having been published in 1779. but which, owing

to the reference in it on page 107 to the death of Cramer cannot ha\ e been published before 1780, the

year in which Cramer died.’

Full details of the contents and dates of the parts of Uitlandsche Kapellen. determined from a copy

in original wrappers in the BMNH and accepted by the Commission, is given in Opinion 516.

A summary of the Ruling is provided below.

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

xii

Authorship by P. Cramer and published during his lifetime.

* This separately paged item, although sometimes bound at the beginning of volume 4, was

written by Stoll.

Stoll, C. 1787-1790

Aanhangsel von het Werk, de Vitlandsche Kapellen {Supplement a VOuvrage intitule les Papillons

exotiques). Title-page dated 1791.

1 1-42 I-VIII 1787

II-V 43-[184] IX-XLII 1790

Kirby, W. F. 1892 [July 9]

A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera, volume I.

The title-page of the volume is dated 1892; copies were received in the library of the BMNH from

the printers Gurney & Jackson, London, on 9 July 1892.

Latreille, P. a. [1802 November 6]

Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des Crustaces et des Insectes, volume 3.

Griffin, 1938, J. Soc. Biblphy nat. Hist. 1: 157, has shown that volume 3 of Latreille’s work was

published between 22 September 1802 and 21 September 1803, the period corresponding to An XI

(year 11) of the French Revolution, and not between 22 September 1801 and 21 September 1802,

corresponding to An X (year 10), the date printed on the title-page of the volume.

The announcement of the publication of volume 3 of Latreille’s work in An XI Brumaire 15,

J. typogr. bihlphique 6 (6): 42, has made possible a more accurate dating of the volume and has con-

firmed Griffin’s opinion. Brumaire, the name of a month adopted in France after the Revolution

was the equivalent of 23 October to 21 November; An XI Brumaire 15 would have been 1802

November 6.

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

xiii

OCHSENHEIMER, F. 1810 [AugUSt 31]

Die Schmetterlinge von Eiiropa, volume 3.

The announcement of publication of volume 3 of Die Schmetterlinge von Europe/ was made in 1810

[April 28], AUgenieines Verzeichniss der Biicher, welche in der Erankfurter und Leipziger Ostermesse

des Jahres 1810 . . . soUen: 126. The Verzeichniss was published twice yearly, that for the Ostermesse

[Easter Fair] on the Saturday following the Easter holiday, that for the Michaelismesse [Michaelmas

Fair] 14 days before the Fair commenced. Titles for inclusion in the Ostermesse-Verzeichniss had to

be submitted at the beginning of the week preceding ‘Latare’ [mid-Lent Sunday], those for inclusion

in the Michaelismesse-Verzeichniss by 24 August. In 1810 Easter Sunday fell on 22 April and thus

the Ostermesse-Verzeichniss would have been published on 28 April.

The inclusion of volume 3 of Die Schmetterlinge von Europe/ in the Ostermesse-Verzeichniss evidently

referred to a work still in press, for the preface to the volume is dated ‘Juny 1810’. It is, however,

reasonable to assume that publication of the volume was expected well before the end of August,

otherwise the announcement of the volume’s publication would have been deferred until the

Michaelismesse-Verzeichniss. As no further announcement of the volume was made, we have

assumed that it was published before the Michaelismesse-Verzeichniss was compiled in late August

and have adopted 31 August 1810 as its date of publication.

Romanoff, N. M. 1892 [July 12]

Manoires sur les Lepidopteres, volume 6.

The title-page of the volume is dated 1892 but, thanks to Dr. I. M. Kerzhner of the Zoological

Institute in Leningrad, it has been possible to date the publication of the volume more precisely.

Dr Kerzhner has noted that Staudinger, 1901, in Staudinger & Rebel, Celt. Lepiel. paleiearct. Eaunenge-

biets (I ): 223, dated Choriclea hedemanni Staudinger, that was published in volume 6 of the Memoires,

as July 1 892.

In a letter dated 24 February 1978 to D. S. Fletcher, Dr Kerzhner wrote The volume [Memoires,

volume 6] was published in the printing house of M. M. Stasiulevitsh, who was a well-known Russian

historian, editor and public man. Stasiulevitsh edited a monthly magazine Vestnik Evropy [European

Herald]. In Vestnik Evropy 1892, vol. IV, July on page 444 in a list of books and booklets received

by the editorial office in June (Julian calendar, equals June 13 to July 12 of the Gregorian calendar)

are included :

Romanoff, N. M., Memoires sur les Lepidopteres. T. VI, avec 16 planches coloriees. St. Pet. 92.

700 pages.

Die Macrolepidopteren des Amur^ebiets. Th. I. St. Pet. 92. 576 pages. [Separate edition of

Staudinger’s paper from volume VI of the Memoires.]

If combined with Staudinger’s data on publication in July (of Gregorian calendar) [in Cat. Lepid.

palaearct. Eaunengehiets] we receive an interval between July 1 and July 12.

No information was obtained by other searches.’

In accordance with the Coele, Article 21(e), which states that if a specified date of publication

contained within a work is a range of dates, the work is to be dated from the latest day w'ithin that

range, the date adopted in this catalogue for volume 6 of Romanoff’s MDnoires is 1892 [July 12].

ScHRANK, F. VON P. 1802 [April 24]

Eauna hoica, volume 2.

The Eauna boica consisted of two volumes. Volume 1 was published, complete in one part, in

Nurnberg in 1798. Volume 2 w'as published in two parts in Ingolstadt, part 1 in 1801, part 2 in 1802.

The precise date of publication of part 2 is discussed below'.

The announcement of publication of part 2 of volume 2 of Schrank's work was made in 1802

[April 24], Allgemeines Verzeichniss der Biicher, welche in der Erankfurter und Leipziger Ostermesse des

1802 Jahres . . . sollen: 191. The Allgemeines Verzeichniss included titles of recently published works,

of newly revised editions of previously published works and of works about to be published. The

Verzeichniss was published twice yearly, that for the Ostermesse [Easter Fair] on the Saturday

following the Easter holiday, that for the Michaelismesse [Michaelmas Fair] 14 days before the Fair

commenced. Titles for inclusion in the Ostermesse-Verzeichniss had to be submitted at the beginning

of the week preceding ‘Liitare’ [mid-Lent Sunday], those for inclusion in the Michaelismesse-

Verzeichniss by 24 August.

In 1802 Easter Sunday fell on 18 .\pril. Announcement of publication Eauna boica 2 (2> would

then ha\e been made on 24 April 1802.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to those who have helped us during the preparation of this catalogue, especially to

M iss S. H. Halsey for the care and accuracy with which she has prepared the manuscript for com-

puterized type-setting; to Dr J. B. Heppner, Washington, for his very generous help with the Sesioidea;

to Dr C. Lemaire, Paris, for his help with the Saturniidae; and to Mr W. G. Tremewan, BMNH,

whose catalogue of the genus-group names of the Zygaenidae, published in 1973, forms the basis of

the Zygaenidae entries.

We would also like to thank Dr V. Becker, Brasilia; Dr 1. F. B. Common, Canberra; Mr A. J. Duke,

East London; Dr D. C. Ferguson, Washington; Prof. J. G. Franclemont, Ithaca; Dr B. Gustafsson,

Stockholm; Dr H. J. Hannemann, Berlin; Dr H. Inoue, Iruma City; Prof. S. G. Kiriakoff, Ghent;

Mr L Lansbury, Oxford ; Mons. P. Leraut, Paris; Mrs J. Y. Miller, Sarasota; Dr 1. Persson, Stockholm ;

Dr P. Rougeot, Paris; Dr L. Van', Pretoria and Dr P. Viette, Paris.

Our colleagues in the BMNH, Mr A. H. Hayes, Dr G. S. Robinson, Dr K. S. O. Sattler and Mr A.

Watson have frequently come to our aid with helpful advice. Thanks are extended to Mrs S. D. M.

Knapp for typing much of the original data. Our librarians Miss P. Gilbert and Miss A. Lum have

been ever helpful, as have Miss M. Creer, Mr D. French and Dr D. B. Williams who prepared and

operated the computer programs. The photograph used in the frontispiece was taken by Mr J. N.

Downs of our Photographic Unit.

Alphabetical Catalogue of Genus-group Names

Symbols used

A name not nomenclaturally available under the Code.

[ ]. Added information derived usually from external evidence.

[1825] 1816. Date of publication derived from evidence external to the work itself, followed by the title-page

date.

Abbreviations used for family-group names

ABELLA Walker, 1862. See Clathe Walker, 1855. lasi

ABRISA Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1:

641. MACROGL

Type-species: Microlophia sculpta Felder, 1874, in Felder

& Rogenhofer, Reise ost. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt.2):

pi. 75, fig. 9, by monotypy (of Microlophia Felder, 1874).

[Thailand] Siam: cited by Felder, 1875, ibidem 2 (Abt.2)

Erklarung to pis 75-107: 6.

Abrisa was established as the objective replacement name for

Microlophia Felder, 1874.

MICROLOPHIA Felder, 1 874, in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise

ost. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt.2): pi. 75, fig. 9.

Type-species: Microlophia sculpta Felder, 1874, by

monotypy.

A junior homonym of Microlophia Newman, 1842, Fnto-

mologist 1 (24): 383, - Insecta, Coleoptera. The objective

replacement name is Abrisa Kirby, 1892.

ACACERUS Billberg, 1820. See Castnia Fabricius, 1807.

CAST

%ACALTHOE\ misspelling. See Alcathoe Edwards, 1882.

sesi

ACANTHOBRAHMAEA Sauter, 19’67, Mitt, schweiz. ent. Ges.

40: 126. BRAH

Type-species: Brahmaea europaea Hartig, 1963, Boll. /l.f.T.

romana Ent. 18(1): 5, pl.l, by original designation. Italy:

Lucania, Monte Vulture.

In the original combination of the type-species the generic

name was published as tBramaea. an incorrect subsequent

spelling.

ACANTHOCAMPA Packard, 1902, Jl N.Y. ent. Soc. 10: 100.

SATU

Type-species: Saturnia belina Westwood, 1849, Proc. zool.

Soc. Lond. 1849: 41, pi. 8, fig. 2, by subsequent designation by

Packard, 1914, Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. (Monogr. Bombycinae

Moths N. Am., part 3) 12 (1): 38. [South Africa] : [Durban]

Port Natal, Zululand.

ACANTHOSPHINX Aunv\\Wu&, 1891, Ent. Tidskr. 12: 228.

SPHI

Type-species: Ambulyx guessfeldtii Dewitz, 1879, Mitt,

munch, ent. Ver. 3: 27, pi. 2, fig.l, by monotypy. [Angola]:

[Cabinda] Chinchoxo.

The type-species was originally published as Ambulyx

Xg'ussfeldtii, an incorrect spelling of the specific name under

Article 32(c)(i) of the Code.

ACECLOSTRIA Vuillot, 1893, Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 62 (Bull.):

clxxxii. MIMA

Type-species: Aceclostria mus Vuillot, 1893, ibidem 62:

clxxxii, by monotypy. Brazil: San-Paulo.

ACECLOSTRIA Schaus, 1928, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde

6: 670.

Type-species: Aceclostria mus Vuillot. 1893, by original

designation.

A junior homonym and a junior objective synonym of .Ace-

clostria Vuillot, 1893. Schaus proposed his genus as new. but

attributed it to ‘Th.-Mieg /./.'

ACECLOSTRIASc\\a.\xs.. 1928. See .4cpc7o.rlr/u \ uillot, 1893.

MIM \

ACENTROPOCIANIS Strand, 1915, .Arch. Naturgesch. 81

(A) 2: 1 32. SPHI

Type-species: Lihyoclanis vicina Rothschild & .Iordan, 1915.

Novit. zool. 22: 285, by original designation (hut included and

designated as Clanis bicolor Rothschild, a misideniilication:

sec below). [N'igfri v]: Lower Niger. Cross River.

2

D. S. FLETCHER & I. W. B. NYE

Hayes, 1971, Bull. Br. Mus. not. Hist. (Ent.) 26: 230, stated

that he had examined the specimen that Strand had determined

as Clanis bicolor Rothschild, 1894, and used for the diagnosis

of Acentropoclanis. Hayes found it to represent Libyoclanis

vicina Rothschild & Jordan, 1915.

See Frontispiece, fig. 7, Libyoclanis vicina Rothschild & Jor-

dan, male.

Under the Code, Article 70(a), the case of a misidentified

type-species should be referred to the Commission.

ACHARIA Hiibner, [1819] 1816, Verz. bekannter Schmett.:

124. LIMA

Type-species: Sphinx brunnus Cramer, 1777, Uitlandsche

Kapellen (Papillons exot.j 2: 81, pi. 147, fig.C, by subsequent

designation by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera

1: 166. Surinam.

S. brunnus was included in the genus Sesia by Fabricius,

1793, Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 381, where the name was incorrectly

spelt as Xbrunneus. This incorrect subsequent spelling was

emended to Xbrunnea by Kirby when he designated the type-

species of Acharia.

Acharia was included by Hiibner in the Glaucopes, now

Zygaenidae; it was placed in the Arctiidae by Kirby, 1892,

ibidem 1: 166; it is here transferred to the Limacodidae.

yiT^ACHELURA Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera

1: 56. CHAL

Type-species: Chelura bifasciata Hope, 1841, Trans. Linn.

Soc. Lond. 18: 444, by monotypy (of Chelura Hope, 1841).

[India]: Assam.

Achelura was established as the objective replacement name

for Chelura Hope, 1841.

CHELURA Hope, 1841, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 18: 444.

Type-species: Chelura bifasciata Hope, 1841, by monotypy.

A junior homonym of Chelura Philippi, 1839, Arch. Natur-

gesch. 5(1): 120, - Crustacea. The objective replacement

name is Achelura Kirby, 1892.

ACHERONTIA [Laspeyres], \S09, Jena. allg. Lit. -Ztg 4 (240):

100. SPHI

Type-species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat.

(Edn 10) 1: 490, by original designation.

Ochsenheimer, 1808, Schmett. Eur. 2: 183-256, divided the

genus Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758, into five sections, which he

termed Families. In an anonymous review, later attributed to

Ochsenheimer (1816, Schmett. Eur. 4: v) to Laspeyres, the four

species included in Ochsenheimer’s Family IV were separated

into two genera; three species were placed in Sphinx, and

Acherontia was proposed for atropos.

XMANDUCA Hiibner, [1806], Tentamen determinationis

di gestionis . . .: [1].

Included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by

the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature,

1926, Smithson, misc. Colins 73 (4) (Opinion 97): 19. Also

idem, 1954, Opin. Decl. int. Commn zool. Nom. 6 (Opinion

278): 140.

Only included species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758.

XATROPOS Oken, 1815, Okens Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (1):

762.

Included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by

the International Commission on Zoological Nomenlature,

1956, Opin. Decl. int. Commn zool. Nom. 14 (Opinion 417): 3.

Only originally included species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus,

1758 (see below). Oken placed S. atropos as an objective

synonym of an unnecessary replacement name X^fopos

Xsolani; the specific name is unavailable for the same reason

as XAtropos Oken.

BRACHYGLOSSA Boisduval, 1828, Eur. Lepid. Index meth.:

33.

Type-species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

A junior objective synonym of Acherontia [Laspeyres], 1809.

ATROPOS Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. zool. (Nom. syst.

Generum Anim.) Lepid.: 9.

Type-species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

As Agassiz did not include any species but referred Atropos

to Oken, 1815 (see above), the type-species must be the sole

species originally included by Oken.

Atropos Agassiz is a junior homonym of Atropos Leach,

[1815] 1830, in Brewster, Edinburgh Encycl. 9: 139 - Insecta,

Psocoptera, and a junior objective synonym of Acherontia

[Laspeyres], 1809.

The Lepidoptera part of Nomencl. zool. (Nom. syst. Generum

Anim.) was included in fascicles 9 and 10 issued in one wrapper

in 1 846.

XACHNOCAMPA-, misspelling. See Acnocampa Rambur,

1858. LASi

ACHROCERIDES Hering, 1937, Ann. Transv. Mus. 17: 237

(key), 241. chrysopo

Type-species: Lasiocampa theorini Aurivillius, 1891, Ent.

Tidskr. 12: 228, pi. 2, fig. 3, by original designation. Gabon.

ACILOA Houlbert, 1918, in Oberthiir, Etud. Lepid. comp. 15:

64, 74, 435, 436. cast

Type-species: Castnia inca Walker, 1854, List Specimens

lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 1: 24, by subsequent designation

by Oiticica, 1955, Revta bras. Ent. 3: 139. Honduras.

LectotypeS, Honduras {Dyson), in BMNH; the specimen

here designated is that re-described and figured by Butler, 1 877,

Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Colin Br. Mus. 1:

3, pl.l, fig. 3.

ACNOCAMPA Rambur, 1858, Cat. syst. Lepid. Andalousie

(1): pi. 5, fig. 4. LASI

Type-species: Acnocampa ilicis Rambur, 1858, ibidem {\)\

pi. 5, fig. 4; 1866, ibidem (2): 362, pi. 14, figs 1, la, by mono-

typy. Spain: Granada region.

XACHNOCAMPA; Rambur, 1866, Cat. syst. Lepid. AndaT

ousie (2): 361.

An incorrect subsequent spelling of Acnocampa Rambur,

1858.

ACOLOITHUS Clemens, 1860, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.

1860: 539. proc

Type-species: Acoloithus falsarius Clemens, 1860, ibidem

1860: 539, by monotypy. [U.S.A.]: Penn[sylvania], Illinois],

Mt Kennicott.

XACONSMATICUS; misspelling. See Acous mat icus Butler,

1882. coss

lt<={ACOSMERYCOIDES Mell, 1922, Dt. ent. Z 1922: 117.

macrogl

Type-species: Acosmerycoides insignata Mell, 1922, ibidem

1922: 117, by monotypy. China: northern Kwangtung

[province].

A. insignata is a subspecies of Rhagastis leucocraspis Hamp-

son, 1910, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 88, pl.F, fig. 25.

ACOSMERYX Boisduval, [1875] 1874, in Boisduval & Guenee,

TNlHist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid. Heteroceres) 1: 214.

macrogl

Type-species: Sphinx anceus Stoll, 1781, in Cramer, Uit-

landsche Kapellen {Papillons exot.) 4: 124, pi. 355, fig. A, by

subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid.

Heterocera 1: 648. [Indonesia]: [Molucca Islands, Ambon

Island] Amboina.

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.

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

3

The type-species is dated from the wrapper of part 30, not

from the title-page of volume 4 which is dated 1782. In the

index which was included in part 34 published in 1782, the

name of the type-species was misspelt as Xancetus.

ACOSMETOPTERA Lajonquiere, 1972, Faune Madagascar

34: 136. lasi

'ly^&-s’()tc\QS.Acosmetopteraphela Lajonquiere, \912, ibidem

34: 139, pi. 5, fig. 77, pl.ll, fig. 153, by original designation.

Madagascar: eastern, Perinet district, Analamazaotra forest.

ACOSSUS Dyar, 1905, Proc. U.S. natn. Mas. 29: 178. coss

Type-species: Cossus undosus Lintner, 1878, Rep. N.Y. St.

Mas. nat. Hist. 30: 243, by original designation. [U.S. A.]:

Wyoming, Green River Station, Union Pacific Railroad.

ACOUSMATICUS Butler, 1882, Trans, ent. Soc. Land. 1882:

8. coss

Type-species: Acousmaticus magnicornis Butler, 1882, ibi-

dem 1882: 8, by monotypy. Chile.

Acousmaticus was established in the Psychidae; it was

placed in the Argyrotypidae by Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lepid.

Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1: 12, footnote; and in the Cossidae by

Dalla Torre & Strand, 1937, in Strand, Lepid. Cat. 81: 2.

XACONSMATICUS; Kirby, 1 892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Met-

er ocer a 1: 500.

An incorrect subsequent spelling of Acousmaticus Butler,

1882.

ACRAGA Walker, 1855, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin

Br. Mus. 4: 780 (key), 807. dalc

Type-species: Acraga ciliata Walker, 1855, ibidem 4: 807,

by monotypy. Jamaica.

Acraga was established in the Liparidae, now Lymantriidae;

it was placed in the Limacodidae by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic

Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 542 and then transferred to the

Dalceridae by Dyar, 1898, Jl N.Y. ent. Soc. 6: 232.

Pagenstecher, \909, Geogr. Verbreitung Schmett.:

439.

An incorrect subsequent spelling of Acraga Walker, 1855.

ACRAGOPSIS Dyar, 1905 October 3, Proc. U.S. natn. Mus.

29: 176. DALC

Type-species: Acragopsis flavetta Schaus, 1905 October 11,

ibidem 29: 332, by original designation (in anticipation of

Schaus’s description of flavetta). French Guiana: Maroni

River, St Jean.

Acragopsis was nomenclaturally available but without an

available included species between the date of its publication

by Dyar and that of its type-species by Schaus.

ACREAGRIS Felder, 1874. See Pyromorpha Herrich-

Schaffer, 1854. proc

ACRITOCERA Butler, 1886, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1886: 389.

coss

Type-species: /Imfoccra negligens Butler, 1 886, ibidem 1886:

390, by monotypy. Fiji: Viti Islands.

ACROJANA Aurivillius, 1901, Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad.

Handl. 27 (4) (7): 20 (key), 25. eupt

Type-species: Jana sciron Druce, 1 888, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.

1887: 676, by monotypy. [Nigeria]: [Cameroons Mt.]. Mongo

ma Loba.

When established, Acrojana contained a second species,

doubtfully included; under the Code, Article 68(c), a doubt-

fully included species is not eligible for .selection as typc-specics.

.ACTIAS Leach, 1815, in Leach & Nodder. Zool. Miscell. 2:

25. SATU

■ Type-species: Phalaena luna Linnaeus. 1 758, Syst. Nat. (Edn

10) 1: 496, by subsequent designation by Grotc, 1874, Proc.

Am. phil. Soc. 14: 257. North America.

XASTIAS; Leach, 1815, in Leach & Nodder, Zool. Miscell. 2:

26.

An incorrect (of a multiple) original spelling of Actias Leach,

1815.

TROPAEA Flubner, [1819] 1816, Verz. bekannter Schmett.:

152.

Type-species: Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent

designation by Grote, 1895, Can. Ent. 27: 268.

A junior objective synonym of Actias Leach, 1815.

MECEURA Billberg, \ H2Q, Enumeratio Insect. Mus. G.J. Bill-

berg: 83.

Type-species: Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

A junior objective synonym of Actias Leach, 1815.

ARTEMIS Kirby & Spence, 1 828, Introd. Ent. (Edn 5) 3: 248.

Type-species: Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

A junior objective synonym of Actias Leach, 1815.

ACYTTARA Turner, 1918, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1918: 165.

coss

Type-species: Givira tigrata Schaus, 1911, Ann. Mag. nat.

Hist. (8) 7: 63 1 , by monotypy. Costa Rica: Juan Vinas, Tuis.

ADALGISA Schaus, 1928, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6:

670. MI.MA

Type-species: Adalgisa croesa Schaus, 1928, ibidem 6: 671,

pi. 88, row i, by original designation. Brazil: Sta Catherina,

French Guiana: Oyapock river.

The date of publication of the part of Seitz containing page

670 is stated on page 665 to be 24.x. 1928 in both the German

and the English editions.

%ADELOCAMPA\ misspelling. See zl«/50?a Hiibner, [1820].

CERA

ADELOCEPHALA Duponchel, 1841. See Anisota Hiibner,

[1820]. CERA

ADELONEIVAIA Travassos, 1940, Revta Ent., Rio de J. 11:

683, 689. CERA

Type-species: Adelocephala subangulata Herrich-SchaPfer,

[1855] 1850-1858, Samml. neuer oder wenig bekannter aus-

sereur. Schmett. 1 ( 1 ): wrapper, pi. 55, figs 304, 305, by original

designation. Brazil.

ADELOPSYCHE Cockerell, 1926. Psyche. Camb. 33: 16.

FOSSIL COSSIDAE

Type-spccies: Adelopsyche frustrans Cockerell. 1926, ibidem

33: 17, fig.l, by monotypy. [U.S. A.]: Colorado, Florissant.

ADELOWALKERIA Travassos, 1941, Mems Inst. Oswaldo

Cruz 35 (3): 579, 582. cera

Type-species,: Adelocephala flavosignata Walker. 1865, List

Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 32: 575, by original

designation. Type-locality: not stated. [Southern Central

America southwards to southern Brazil].

ADETOMERIS Michener, 1949, J. Kans. ent. Soc. 22: 145.

hemi

Type-species: lo erythrops Blanchard. 1852. in Gay. Historia

fisica y politico de Chile (Zool.) 7: 59; .Atlas 2: Lepid. pi. 4.

fig. 2. by original designation. Chhe: Coquimbo.

10 Blanchard. 1852, in Gav. Historia fisica v politico de Chile

(Zool.) 7: 58.

Type-specics: lo erythrops Blanchard, 1852. b> monotv p\.

.‘\ junior homonvm of lo Lea, 1831, Trans. Am. phil. S, .

(N.S.) 4 (1): Mollusca. The objective replacement

name is .Adetomeris Michener. 1949.

4

D. S. FLETCHER & I. W. B. NYE

%J0: Herrich-Schaffer, [1854] 1850-1858, i'awm/. neuer oder

wenig bekannter aussereur. Schmett. 1(1): wrapper, pi. 20, figs

96, 97.

An incorrect subsequent spelling of lo Blanchard, 1852.

Michener, 1952, Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 98: 436, incor-

rectly dated Herrich-Schaffer as 1858 from the text of

Herrich-Schaffer’s work, not from the Heft which first included

the name in the legend to plate 20 printed on the Heft wrap-

per. The legend to plate 20, figs 96, 97, was published as Vo

auletes Bd. foem. Surinam’; the name Jo did not appear

elsewhere on the wrapper. Michener’s statement, 1952, ibidem

98: 436, footnote, that Herrich-Schaffer used lo and not Jo on

the plates is also incorrect, for only the figure numbers are

printed on the plates.

If %Jo is treated as an incorrect subsequent spelling of lo

Blanchard, 1852, it is an unavailable name placed with lo in

the synonymy of Adetomeris Michener, 1949.

If Jo were to be treated as an available name, it would have

Jo auletes Herrich-Schaffer, [1854], as type-species by mono-

typy, for there is no evidence that Jo is an emendation of any

other generic name. It would then become the senior objective

synonym of Automerula Michener, 1949.

The interests of nomenclatural stability are better served by

adopting the former course, an opinion that has the full support

of Dr C. Lemaire, the specialist of neotropical Saturniidae

(personal communication 10.xii.l978).

ADHEMARWS Oiticica, 1939, Bolm biol. Clube zool. Bras.

(N.S.) 4: 271. sphi

Type-species: Sphinx gannascus Stoll, 1790, in Cramer, LUt-

landsche Kapellen (Papillons exot.) ( Aanhangsel): 157, pi. 35,

fig. 3, by original designation. Type-locality: stated to be

Cape of Good Hope, but this was an error as the species does

not occur in the Old World; S. gannascus is widely distributed

in the West Indies, Central and South America.

S. gannascus is dated from the wrapper of part 5, not from

the title-page of the volume which is dated 1791.

ADIXOA Hampson, [1893] 1892, Fauna Br. India (Moths) 1:

188 (key), 198. sesi

Type-species; Aegeria alterna Walker, [1865] 1864, List

Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 31: 10, by original

designation. [India]: South Hindostan.

ADIXOANA Strand, 1913, Arch. Naturgesch. 78 (A) 12; 69.

SESI

Type-species: Adixoana auripyga Strand, 1913, ibidem 78

(A) 12; 69, by original designation. [Equatorial Guinea]:

[Rio Muni, Benito river district], Alen.

ADONETA Clemens, 1860, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1860:

158. LIMA

Type-species: Adoneta valuta Clemens, 1860, ibidem 1860:

158, by monotypy. North America.

CrCLGRT’E/^KW Packard, 1864, Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 344.

Type-species: Cyclopteryx leucosigma Packard, 1 864, ibidem

3: 345, by present designation. [U.S.A.]: New York.

A junior homonym of Cyclopteryx Guenes, 1854, ;n Boisduval

& Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 46, -

Lepid., Noctuidae. There is no objective replacement name,

but C. leucosigma is congeneric with Adoneta voluta Clemens,

1860, the type-species of Adoneta Clemens, 1860. The latter

is thus available for use as a subjective replacement name.

Both C. leucosigma and A. voluta are junior subjective

synonyms of Limacodes spinuloides Herrich-Schaffer , [1854]

1850-1858, Samml. neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereur.

Schmett. 1(1): wrapper, pi. 38, figs 187, 188.

ADRALLIA Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin

Br. Mus. 32: 509. thaumetopoeidae

Type-species: /l^/ra/Zia bipunctata Walker, 1865, ibidem 32:

510, by monotypy. [South Africa]: Natal.

Adrallia was established in the Limacodidae; it was placed

in the Arctiidae by Hering, 1928, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde

14: 473, and in the Thaumetopoeidae by Kiriakoff, 1970, in

Wytsman, Genera Insect. 219 (E): 22.

ADSCITA Retzius, 1783, in Degeer, Genera et Species Insect.-.

8, 35. PROC

Type-species; zl</scif<J turcosa Retzius, 1783, ibidem: 35, by

subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid.

Heterocera 1: 84. Type-locality; not stated, [Europe].

A. turcosa is a junior subjective synonym of Sphinx statices

Linnaeus, 1758, the type-species of Procris Eabricius, 1807.