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The Generic Names of

Moths of the World

BRITISH MUSEUM

(NATURAL HISTORY)

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The Generic Names of

Moths of the World

Volume 5

Pyraloidea

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

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The generic names of moths of the world.

Vol. 5: Pyraloidea

1. Moths — Nomenclature

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Contents

Page

Preface vi

Synopsis ix

Aim, scope and style ix

Form of entries ix

References ix

Dates ix

Unavailable names ix

Homonymy x

Misidentified type-species x

Family-group names x

References xiv

Dates of some important publications xiv

Acknowledgements xv

Alphabetical catalogue of genus-group names 1

Symbols used 1

Abbreviations used for family-group names 1

Catalogue 1

Index to species-group names 164

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

VOLUME 1 by I. W. B. Nye (published 11th 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

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

VOLUME 5 by D. S. Fletcher

Superfamily PYRALOIDEA

VOLUME 6 (in preparation)

Superfamily

COPROMORPHOIDEA

Superfamily GELECHIOIDEA

Superfamily

YPONOMEUTOIDEA

Superfamily IMMOIDEA

Superfamily TORTRICOIDEA

Superfamily TINEOIDEA

Superfamily TISCHERIOIDEA

and I. W. B. Nye

HYBLAEIDAE

LATHROTELIDAE

OXYCHIROTIDAE

PTEROPHORIDAE

ALUCITIDAE

CARPOSINIDAE

AGONOXENIDAE

ANOMOLOGIDAE

BLASTOBASIDAE

COLEOPHORIDAE

COSMOPTERIGIDAE

ELACHISTIDAE

GELECHIIDAE

AMPHITHERIDAE

DOUGLASIIDAE

EPERMENIIDAE

EPIMARPTIDAE

IMMIDAE

COCHYLIDAE

ARRHENOPHANIDAE

ERIOCOTTIDAE

GRACILLARIIDAE

LYONETIIDAE

TISCHERIIDAE

Superfamily INCURVARIOIDEA ADELIDAE

CECIDOSIDAE

CRINOPTERYGIDAE

Superfamily NEPTICULOIDEA NEPTICULIDAE

Superfamily HEPIALOIDEA ANOMOSETIDAE

HEPIALIDAE

NEOTHEORIDAE

Superfamily

MNESARCHAEOIDEA MNESARCHAEIDAE

Superfamily NEOPSEUSTOIDEA NEOPSEUSTIDAE

Superfamily ERIOCRANIOIDEA ACANTHOPTEROCTETIDAE

ERIOCRANIIDAE

PYRALIDAE

THYRIDIDAE

TINEODIDAE

COPROMORPHIDAE

GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE

LECITHOCERIDAE

METACHANDIDAE

MOMPHIDAE

OECOPHORIDAE

PTEROLONCHIDAE

SCYTHRIDIDAE

HELIODINIDAE

SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE

YPONOMEUTIDAE

TORTRICIDAE

OCHSENHEIMERIIDAE

PSEUDARBELIDAE

PSYCHIDAE

TINEIDAE

HELIOZELIDAE

INCURVARIIDAE

PRODOXIDAE

OPOSTEGIDAE

PALAEOSETIDAE

PROTOTHEORIDAE

LOPHOCORONIDAE

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Synopsis

The 3400 genus-group names of the superfamily Pyraloidea are listed with their type-species and

original bibliographic references. The means of fixation of each type-species is given. Type-species

are designated for 30 nominal genera for which no valid type-species fixation could be found.

Aim, Scope and Style

The aim of this catalogue is closely similar to that defined in the first volume of Generic Names

of Moths of the World and followed in volumes 2, 3 and 4. Following a change of editor, the scope

and style in the present volume have been altered in the following respects:

(a) subjective synonymy of genus-group names has been excluded except in cases of junior

homonyms that have no objective replacement names;

(b) objective replacement names have not been established for junior homonyms having no

replacement names;

(c) type-locality and type-specimen information have been excluded;

(d) senior subjective synonyms of type-species have not been cited;

(e) entries have been treated in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to objective synonyms

and incorrect spellings.

The present volume contains the genus-group names of the Pyraloidea. We have included all the

relevant names contained in the Zoological Record up to and including volume 1 16 for the year 1979

published in 1982, together with names from recent works that have come to our notice up to the

end of June 1983. The families included are those cited in the Preface under volume 5.

Each nomenclaturally available genus-group 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. zool. Nom. 31: 77-89. Invalid and

incorrect designations of type-species that antedate the valid designation are listed and the reasons

for their rejection are given.

Form of Entries

References

Titles of journals have been abbreviated as in the World 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 3), 1980. 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

Nomenclature (Edn 2), 1964, with amendments 1974, Bull. zool. 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 followed by those printed on the title-page to assist

in finding the work in library catalogues.

Dates of publication given in Sherborn’s Index Animalium and in the Catalogue of Books,

Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum ( Natural History) have been adopted, except

where bibliographical research has shown that changes should be made.

Unavailable names

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

preceded by a double dagger (:£) 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.

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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 linked, wherever possible, with their objective

synonyms. Several generic homonyms have no objective synonyms but it has been possible to place

some of these as subjective synonyms of other genera by finding, in each case, a genus whose type-

species is considered to be congeneric with that of the homonymous genus. There remain 19 homonyms

for which there is neither an objective nor a subjective replacement name; the new editor requested

that replacement names should not be proposed for these junior homonyms until the taxonomic status

of these genera has been thoroughly examined.

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 it, 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 composition of the Pyraloidea has varied greatly with different authors. Brock (1971) included

the Thyrididae, Pyralidae, Oxychirotidae, Pterophoridae and Alucitidae (Orneodidae) but excluded

the Hyblaeidae. Common (1970) included the Hyblaeidae, Thyrididae, Tineodidae, Oxychirotidae and

the Pyralidae; the Pterophoridae were placed in a separate superfamily, the Pterophoroidea, and the

Alucitidae were placed in the Copromorphoidea. Kuznetzov & Stekolnikov (1979) included the

Alucitidae and the Carposinidae in the Pyraloidea. Minet (1982) included only three families, the

Pyralidae, Crambidae and Dudgeoneidae. The Dudgeoneidae were separated from the Cossidae by

Berger (1957), associated with the Cossidae by Clench (1959), associated with the Aegerioidea, now

Sesioidea, by Brock (1971); Brock’s placing was followed by Fletcher & Nye (1982). The accompanying

Comparative Table of Pyraloidea Classification illustrates how the Pyraloidea have been treated by

authors in the past century and lists those family-groups included in this catalogue.

The classification of the family Pyralidae itself has also varied considerably in composition, from

its division into nine separate families by Meyrick (1884; 1885; 1886; 1890), to its division into only

two subfamilies by Hasenfuss (1960). The subfamily classification adopted in this catalogue accords

closely with the broad view of the family taken by Munroe (1958; 1959; 1970; 1972), with the exception

of the Ancylolomiinae; in this instance we have followed Bleszyriski (1965) and treated the

Ancylolomiinae as part of the Crambinae. Three new subfamilies have been separated from the

Odontiinae by Minet (1980; 1982), the Noordinae, Dichogaminae and Cathariinae. The Dichogaminae

were treated as a tribe of the Odontiinae by Munroe (1961; 1972); the other two taxa were not even

accorded tribal status. Pending a wider study of all the genera included in the Odontiinae, the three

new subfamilies have not been separated from the Odontiinae in this catalogue. Minet (1982) has

resurrected the Spilomelinae as a subfamily of the Pyraustinae; this taxon was treated as a tribe of

the Pyraustinae by Munroe and other authors and has been so treated in this catalogue. The

accompanying Comparative Table of Pyralidae Classification illustrates how the Pyralidae have been

treated by authors in the past century and lists the subfamilies adopted in this catalogue.

The family-group names used in the catalogue are, in the main, the oldest available suprageneric

names that have been applied to each family and subfamily. However, where a junior name has had

wide usage for more than the last fifty years, for example Pyraustinae Meyrick, 1890, instead of

Ennychiinae Blanchard, 1840, the junior name has been adopted. The names 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.

HYBLAEIDAE Hampson, 1903, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1: 4 (as Noctuidae Hyblaeinae). Comstock,

1920, Introd. Ent.\ 655 (as family in Pyraloidea).

LATHROTELIDAE Clarke, 1971, Smithson. Contr. Zool. 56: 58.

OXYCHIROTIDAE Meyrick, 1885, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1885: 437.

PTEROPHORIDAE Latreille, [1802] An X, Hist. nat. gen. particuliere Crustaces Insectes 3: 418 (as Pterophorii).

1809, Genera Crust. Insect. 4: 192, 233 (as Pterophorites).

Agdistidae Walsingham, 1891, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891: 493 (as Agdistinae).

Platyptiliidae Tutt, 1905, Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 17: 37.

PYRALIDAE Latreille, 1809, Genera Crust. Insect. 4: 192, 228 (as Pyralites).

CHRYSAUGINAE Lederer, 1863, Wien. ent. Monatschr. 7: 331 (as Chrysaugidae).

Semniinae Lederer, 1863, ibidem 7: 333 (as Semniidae).

Bradypodicolinae Spuler, 1906, Biol. Zbl. 26: 691.

CRAMBINAE Latreille, 1810, Considerations generates Ordre nat. Animaux: 369, 441 (as Crambites).

Chiloninae Heinemann, 1865, Schmett. Dtl. Schweiz (Abt. 2) 1 (2): 109 (as Chilonidae).

Ancylolomiinae Swinhoe & Cotes, 1891, in Cotes & Swinhoe, Cat. Moths India (6): 691 (as Ancylolomidae).

CYBALOMIINAE Marion, 1955, Revue fr. Lepid. 15: 485 (as Cybalomiini).

EPIPASCHIINAE Meyrick, 1884, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1884: 280 (as Epipaschiadae).

Pococerinae Hampson, 1918, Novit. zool. 25: 386.

EVERGESTINAE Marion, 1952, Revue fr. Lepid. 13: 263 (key), 267.

GALLERIINAE Zeller, 1848, Isis Oken, Leipzig 1848: 572 (as Galleriae).

Macrothecinae Barnes & McDunnough, 1912, Contr. nat. Hist. Lepid. N. Am. 1 (5): 39 (as

Macrotheciinae).

GLAPHYRIINAE Forbes, 1923, Mem. Cornell Univ. agric. Exp. Stn 68: 536.

Homophysinae Lederer, 1863, Wien. ent. Monatschr. 7: 454 (as Homophysidae).

LINOSTINAE Amsel, 1956, Boln Ent. venez. 10 (1 +2): 104 (as Linosterinae).

MIDILINAE Munroe, 1958, Proc. 10th int. Congr. Ent. 1: 302.

NYMPHULINAE Duponchel, [1845] 1844, Cat. meth. Lepid. Eur .: 201 (as Nymphulites).

Acentropinae Stephens, 1836, Illustr. Br. Ent. (Mandibulata) 6: 148 (as Acentropidae).

Hydrocampinae Guenee, 1854, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 146

(key), 255 (as Hydrocampidae).

Musotiminae Meyrick, 1884, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1884: 286 (as Musotimidae).

ODONTIINAE Guenee, 1854, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 111 (as

Odontidae).

Hercyninae Blanchard, 1840, in Castelnau, Hist. nat. Insectes 3: 538 (as Hercynites).

Dichogaminae Amsel, 1956, Boln Ent. venez. 10 (1 + 2): 278 (as Dichogamini).

Noordinae Minet, 1980, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 85: 79.

Cathariinae Minet, 1982, ibidem 86: 270.

PEORIINAE Hulst, 1890, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 17: 102, 114 (key), 203.

Hypsotropinae Hampson, 1918, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1918: 55.

PHYCITINAE Zeller, 1839, Isis Oken, Leipzig 1839: 169, 175 (as Phycideen). 1848, ibidem 1848: 584 (as

Phycideae).

Anerastiinae Ragonot, 1885, Entomologist’s mon. Mag. 22: 23 (as Anerastinae).

PYRALINAE Latreille, 1809, Genera Crust. Insect. 4: 192, 228 (as Pyralites).

Cledeobiinae Blanchard, 1840, in Castelnau, Hist. nat. Insectes 3: 539 (as Cleodobites).

Aglossinae Blanchard, 1840, in Castelnau, Hist. nat. Insectes 3: 539 (as Aglossites).

Asopiinae Guenee, 1854, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 146 (key),

186 (as Asopidae).

Homalochroinae Lederer, 1863, Wien. ent. Monatschr. 7: 332 (as Homalochroidae).

Endotrichinae Ragonot, 1890, Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (Bull.): xcii.

Hypotiinae Janse, 1917, Check-List S. Afr. Lepid. Heterocera: 156 (as Hypotianae).

PYRAUSTINAE Meyrick, 1890, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 436 (as Pyraustidae).

Botynae Blanchard, 1840, in Castelnau, Hist. nat. Insectes 3: 538 (as Botydes), 541 (as Botytes).

Ennychiinae Duponchel, [1845] 1844, Cat. meth. Lepid. Eur.: 196 (as Ennychites).

Steniinae Guenee, 1854, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 146 (key),

232 (as Steniadae).

Spilomelinae Guenee, 1854, ibidem 8: 146 (key), 277 (as Spilomelidae).

Margarodinae Guenee, 1854, ibidem 8: 146 (key), 286 (as Margarodidae).

Margaroniinae Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889, in Cotes & Swinhoe, Cat. Moths India (5): 613 (as Margaronidae).

Hapaliinae Swinhoe, 1890, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 268 (as Hapaliadae).

Agroterinae Acloque, 1897, Faune de France 3: 345 (as Agroteridi).

Hymeniinae Swinhoe, 1900, Cat. Lepid. Heterocera Colin Oxf. Univ. Mus. 2: 452.

Dichocrociinae Swinhoe, 1900, ibidem 2: 478.

Syleptinae Swinhoe, 1900, ibidem 2: 488.

Siginae Hampson, 1918, Novit. zool. 25: 386.

Euclastinae Popescu-Gorj, 1977, Trav. Mus. Hist. nat. “Gr. Antipa” 18: 161.

SCHOENOBIINAE Duponchel, [1846] 1844, Cat. meth. Lepid. Eur.: 311 (as Schoenobidae).

SCOPARIINAE Guenee, 1854, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 8: 412 (as

Scoparidae).

Heliothelinae Amsel, 1961, Ark. Zool. (2) 13: 438 (as Heliothelini).

THYRIDIDAE Herrich-Schaffer, 1846, Syst. Bearbeitung Schmett. Eur. 2: 81 (as Thyridides).

Siculidae Guenee, 1858, in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.) 10 (Atlas):

Explication des planches, Siculides pi. (as Siculides).

TINEODIDAE Meyrick, 1885, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1885: 422.

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Comparative table of pyraloidea classification

Meyrick

1884; 1885; 1886; 1890.

Munroe Common

1958; 1959; 1970; 1972. 1970.

Brock

1971.

Karsholt & Nielsen

1976.

PYRALID1NA

PYRALOIDEA

GALLERIADAE

EPIPASCHIADAE

PYRALIDIDAE

PHYCITIDAE

CRAMBIDAE

HYDROCAMPIDAE

MUSOTIMIDAE

SCOPARIADAE

PYRAUSTIDAE

OXYCHIROTIDAE

TINEODIDAE

SICULODIDAE

PTEROPHORIDAE

} PYRALIDAE

THYRIDIDAE

HYBLAEIDAE

PTEROPHORIDAE

MICROLEPID.

PYRALIDAE

OXYCHIROTIDAE

TINEODIDAE

THYRIDIDAE

HYBLAEIDAE

PTEROPHOROIDEA

PTEROPHORIDAE

COPROMORPHOIDEA

PYRALIDAE

OXYCHIROTIDAE

THYRIDIDAE

PTEROPHOROIDEA

PTEROPHORIDAE PTEROPHORIDAE

ALUCITOIDEA

Pyralinae

HYDROCAMPIDAE Hydrocampinae

MUSOTIMIDAE

SCOPARIADAE

PYRAUSTIDAE

or BOTYDIDAE

Scopariinae

Schoenobiinae

Nymphulini

Scopariini

Schoenobiini

ACENTROPIDAE

PYRAUSTIDAE

Nymphulinae

Scopariinae

Schoenobiinae

Nymphulinae

Scopariinae

Schoenobiinae

Cybalomiinae

Linostinae

Evergestinae

Pyraustinae

Pyraustini

Pyraustinae

Odontiinae

Glaphyriinae

Pyraustinae

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References

Berger, L. A. 1957. Cle pour la determination des families de Macrolepidopteres et des groupes superieurs de

Microlepidopteres (Faune Ethiopienne). Lambillionea 57: 72-84.

Bleszynski, S. 1965. In Amsel et a/., Crambinae. Microlepid. Palaearctica volume 1. xlvii + 552 pp., 368 text-

figs. Vienna.

Brock, J. P. 1971. A contribution towards an understanding of the morphology and phylogeny of the Ditrysian

Lepidoptera. J. nat. Hist. 5: 29-102.

Clench, H. K. 1959. On the unusual structure and affinities of the Madagascan genus Pseudocossus

(Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Revue fr. Ent. 26: 44-49.

Common, I. F. B. 1970. In Mackerras, Insects of Australia, viii + 1029 pp., text-figs, 9 col. pis. Melbourne.

(Lepidoptera, pp. 765-866.)

Fletcher, D. S. & Nye, I. W. B. 1982. Generic Names Moths World volume 4. xiv+ 192 pp., 1 pi. London.

Hampson, G. F. 1896. Fauna Br. India (Moths) volume 4. xxviii + 594 pp., 287 text-figs. London, Berlin,

Bombay, Calcutta.

Hannemann, H. J. 1964. In Dahl, Kleinschmetterlinge oder Microlepidoptera, 2. Die Wickler (s.l.) (Cochylidae

und Carposinidae). Die Ziinslerartigen (Pyraloidea). Tierwelt Dtl. 50. viii + 360 pp., 366 text-figs, 22 pis. Jena.

Hasenfuss, I. 1960. Abh. Larvalsystematik Insekten (Pyralidae) 5: 1 -263.

Karsholt, O. & Nielsen, E. S. 1976. Syst. fortegnelse Danmarks sommerfugle (Pyraloidea): 44-49.

Kuznetzov, V. I. & Stekolnikov, A. A. 1979. Classification and phylogenetic relationships of the families

and subfamilies of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of the palaearctic fauna with regard of functional morphology

of the male genitalia. Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 82: 43-74.

Leraut, P. 1980. Liste syst. syn. Lepid. Fr. Belg. Corse (Pyraloidea): 102-116.

Meyrick, E. 1884. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1884: 61-80,

277-350.

Meyrick, E. 1885. Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1885: 421-456.

Meyrick, E. 1886. On the classification of the Pterophoridae. Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1886: 1-21.

Meyrick, E. 1890. On the classification of the Pyralidina of the European fauna. Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1890:

429-492.

Minet, J. 1980. Creation d’une sous-famille particuliere pour Noorda Walker, 1859, et definition d’un nouveau

genre parmi les Odontiinae. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 85: 79 -87.

Minet, J. 1982. Les Pyraloidea et leurs principals divisions systematiques. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 86: 262-280.

Munroe, E. 1958. Hampson’s Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Proc. 10th int. Congr. Ent. 1: 301 -302.

Munroe, E. 1959. Revision of the genus Linosta Moschler (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) with characterization of

the subfamily Linostinae and a new subfamily [Cybalomiinae]. Can. Ent. 91: 485-488.

Munroe, E. 1961. Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species

(Lepidoptera; Pyralidae). Can. Ent. (Suppl.) 24: 1-93.

Munroe, E. 1970. Revision of the subfamily Midilinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Mem. Soc. ent. Can. 74: 1 -94.

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Dates of some Important Publications

Ragonot, E. L. 1893 [July 26]

In Romanoff, Memoir es sur les Lepidopteres volume 7.

Ragonot, E. L. & Hampson, G. F. 1901 [November 22]

In Romanoff, ibidem volume 8.

The title-pages of volumes 7 and 8 of the above work are dated 1893 and 1901 respectively. The

earliest evidence so far discovered for the date of publication of volume 7 is provided in an account

of the meeting of the Societe entomologique de France held on 26 July 1893, where publication of

the volume was recorded; the account was published in 1893, Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 62 (Bull.): cclxxii

(Dr P. Viette, pers. comm.). In the absence of evidence of an earlier date of publication, volume

7 should be dated 1893 [July 26].

A precise date of publication for volume 8 is necessary because eight generic names, published as

new taxa in the volume, were made nomenclaturally available in the same year by Rebel, 1901 May,

in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb. 2: 1-25. The preface to volume 8 includes

on page iii an acknowledgement by Madame Marie Ragonot of the work carried out by her late

husband’s collaborators; the acknowledgement is dated “Paris, mai 1901”. It is unlikely therefore

that volume 8 antedated the Staudinger & Rebel Catalogue, the title-page of which is dated May 1901.

Dr I. M. Kerzhner of the Zoological Institute in Leningrad has advised us that volume 8 of

Romanoff’s work was received by the library of the Institute on 10 May 1902 and that publication

of the volume was announced in 1902, Naturae Novit. 24 (May): 275. However, the earliest evidence

of publication of volume 8 so far discovered is provided by the account of the meeting of the Societe

entomologique de France held on 22 November 1901, where publication of the volume was recorded;

the account was published in 1901, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1901 (18): 340 (Dr P. Viette, pers. comm.).

In the absence of evidence of an earlier date of publication, volume 8 should be dated 1901 [November

22],

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Acknowledgements

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

Miss S. H. Halsey and to Mr Campbell Smith for the care and accuracy with which they have prepared

the manuscript for computerized type-setting; to the late Dr S. Bleszyriski, Cracow, whose catalogue

of the Pyralidae Crambinae has been extensively used; to Dr J. Shaffer, Fairfax, Virginia, for his

help with the Pyralidae Peoriinae; to Mr M. Shaffer, BMNH, for his ever generous help; and to Dr

P. E. S. Whalley, BMNH, whose catalogues of the Thyrididae, of the Pyralidae Galleriinae, and

Pyralidae Phycitinae have been extensively used and whose advice has always been freely given. Our

thanks are extended also to Mrs S. D. M. Knapp for typing much of the original data, and to our

librarian, Miss P. Gilbert, who has been ever helpful.

We should like to thank also Dr V. O. Becker, Planaltina, Brazil; Dr I. F. B. Common, Canberra;

Dr D. C. Ferguson, Washington: Dr B. Gustaffson, Stockholm; Dr H. J. Hannemann, Berlin; Dr

H. Inoue, Iruma City, Japan; Mr I. Lansbury, Oxford; Mons. P. Leraut, Paris; Dr A. Lewvanich,

Bangkok; Mons. G. Luquet, Paris; Dr J. Minet, Paris; Dr E. Munroe, Ottawa; Dr U. Roesler,

Karlsruhe; and Dr P. Viette, Paris.

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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 the family-group names

ABAERA Walker, [1859] 1858, List Specimens tepid. Insects

Colin Br. Mus. 16: 13 (key), 76. pyral [chrysaug]

Type-species: Abaera nactalis Walker, [1859] 1858, ibidem

16: 76, by monotypy.

Abaera was established in the Hypenidae, now Noctuidae

Hypeninae; it was placed in the Pyralidae Chrysauginae by

Hampson, 1897, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 638, 641.

ABAREIA Whalley, 1970, Bull. Br. Mus. not. Hist. (Ent.) 25:

34. PYRAL [PHYC]

Type-species: Abarys amaurodes Turner, 1947, Trans. R. Soc.

S. Aust. 71: 40, by monotypy (of Abarys Turner, 1947).

Abareia was established as the objective replacement name

for Abarys Turner, 1947.

ABARYS Turner, 1947, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 71: 39.

PYRAL [PHYC]

Type-species: Abarys amaurodes Turner, 1947, ibidem 71:

40, by monotypy.

A junior homonym of Abarys Agassiz, 1847, Nomencl. zool.

[Index univl.]: [1], - Insecta, Coleoptera. The objective

replacement name is Abareia Whalley, 1970.

ABEGESTA Munroe, 1964, Can. Ent. 96: 1268. pyral [glap]

Type-species: Orobena reluctalis Hulst, 1886, Trans. Am. ent.

Soc. 13: 156, by original designation.

ABOETHETA Turner, 1914, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. 39: 551.

PYRAL [PYRAUS]

Type-species: Aboetheta pteridonoma Turner, 1914, ibidem

39: 551, by monotypy.

ABREPHIA Amsel, 1953, Beitr. naturk. Forsch. SiidwDtl. 12:

15. PYRAL [PHYC]

Type-species: Phycis compositella Treitschke, 1835, in

Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 10 (3): 171, by monotypy (of

Brephia Heinemann, 1865).

Abrephia was established as the objective replacement name

for Brephia Heinemann, 1865.

ABROTESIA Turner, 1915, Proc. R. Soc. Qd 21: 26. thyrid

Type-species: Abrotesia griphodes Turner, 1915, ibidem 27:

26, by monotypy.

ACALLIDIA Schaus, 1913, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 11: 259.

PYRAL [CHRYSAUG]

Type-species: Acallidia dentilinea Schaus, 1913, ibidem (8)

11: 259, by original designation.

ACALLIS Ragonot, 1891 , Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10: 515 (key),

540. PYRAL [CHRYSAUG]

Type-species: Acallis fernaldi Ragonot, 1891, ibidem (6) 10:

540, by monotypy.

ACARA Walker, 1863, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br.

Mus. 27: 198. pyral [gall]

Type-species: Acara morosella Walker, 1863, ibidem 27: 199,

by monotypy.

A junior homonym of Acara Heckel, 1840, Annin wien. Mus.

Naturg. 2 (3): 338 - Pisces. There is no objective replacement

name, but A. morosella was placed by Hampson, 1896, Fauna

Br. India (Moths) 4: 8, as a senior subjective synonym of Ertzica

maximella Walker, 1866, the type-species of Ertzica Walker,

1866; the latter is thus available for use as a subjective

replacement name.

ACECIDIPTA Amsel, 1956, Boln Ent. venez. 10 (1 & 2): 60.

PYRAL [EPIPAS]

Type-species: Acecidipta major Amsel, 1956, ibidem 10 (1

& 2): 60; 1957, ibidem 10 (3 & 4): pi. 13, fig. 4; pi. 71, fig. 13,

by original designation.

ACELLALIS Pagenstecher, 1884, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37:

269. PYRAL [PYRAUS]

Type-species: Acellalis iridalis Pagenstecher, 1884, ibidem 37:

270, pi. 7, fig. 7, by monotypy.

ACENTRIA Stephens, 1829 [June], Nom. Br. Insects: 27.

PYRAL [NYMP]

Type-species: Phryganea nivea Olivier, 1791, Encycl. meth.

(Hist. nat. Insectes) 6: 536, 549, by monotypy (but included

by Stephens as Acentria nivosa, an unjustified emendation.

Acentria was established in the Neuroptera, Megaloptera; it

was transferred to the Lepidoptera by Westwood, [1835] 1836,

Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1 (2): 117, 118.

Acentria was again proposed as a new genus by Stephens,

1829 [July], Syst. Cat. Br. Insects (1): 316.