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Scoparia Haworth 1811

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India
  • 2. Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, Punjab, India
  • 3. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic

Description

Genus Scoparia Haworth, 1811: 498

Type species: Tinea pyralella Hübner, [1796] 1796 –1833c, subsequent designation by Curtis (1827)

= Eudorea J. Curtis, 1827: folio 170

Type species: Tinea pyralella [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, by original designation

= Scopea Haworth, 1828: 590 (unnecessary replacement name)

= Cholius Guenée, 1845: 332

Type species: Pyralis ochrealis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, by monotypy (but included by Guenée as ochrellus, an unjustified emendation)

= Phegea Gistel, 1848: ix (unnecessary replacement name)

= Eudoroea (misspell.) (Bruand 1851: 26)

= Epileucia Stephens, 1852: 5 (nomen nudum)

= Tetraprosopus Butler, 1882b: 97

Type species: Tetraprosopus meyrickii Butler, 1882b, by monotypy

= Xeroscopa Meyrick, 1884b: 349

Type species: Scoparia ejuncida Knaggs, 1867b, subsequent designation by Aurivilius (1885)

= Eudoria (misspell.) (Chapman 1912: 507)

= Caradjaina P. Leraut, 1986: 123

Type species: Scoparia ambigualis kwangtungialis Caradja, 1925, by original designation and monotypy

= Sineudonia P. Leraut, 1986: 128

Type species: Sineudonia brunnea P. Leraut, 1986, by original designation

Notes

Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Ranjan, Rahul, Talukdar, Avishek, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Mally, Richard, 2022, A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-423 in Zootaxa 5197 (1) on pages 242-243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7252292

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  • Haworth, A. H. (1828) Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestionem novam insectorum Lepidopterorum quae in magna Britannica reperiuntur, larvarum pabulo, temporeque pascendi; expansion alarum, mensibusque volandi, synonymis atque locis observationibusque variis. Vol. 4. J. Murray, London, pp. 513 - 609. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 14786442808674667
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