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The Genus Epipagis Hubner, nec Hampson, in North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
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Systematic Entomology Unit, Entomology Division Ottawa, Canada
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Hübner ([1824-25] p. 357) defined the genus Epipagis, citing three species. Hampson (1918: 277) chose fenestralis Hübner as type, and sank Sameodes Snellen to Epipagis. The arrangement of the British Museum Pyralidae shows that Hampson thought fenestralis Hübner was the same as phyllisalis Walker; but so far as I know this synonymy was never published. Actually, Hübner's figure of fenestralis represents a female of the genus usually known as Stenophyes Lederer, wrongly synonymized by Hampson (1899) with Crocidophora Lederer. The size and coloration suggest that the species Hübner figured is the common North American one universally called buronalis Guenée.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , June 1955 , pp. 249 - 252
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1955

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