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NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES ON AGROTIS OBESULA AND AGROTIPHILA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. F. Hardwick
D. F. Hardwick
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Agrotis obesula Smith is synonymous with the European Agrotis trux Hübner. Because of the fact that it was based on a "misidentified" type species, Agrotiphila Grote should be construed as a senior synonym of Agrotimorpha Barnes and Benjamin, and not of Orosagrotis Hampson.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 8 , August 1968 , pp. 891 - 893
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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