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Replacement name for Eupithecia deserticola (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Clifford D. Ferris*
Affiliation:
5405 Bill Nye Avenue, R.R. 3, Laramie, Wyoming 82070, United States of America
Vladimir G. Mironov
Affiliation:
Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab. 1, RU-199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).

Abstract

The name Eupithecia deserticola McDunnough, 1946 is a junior secondary homonym of Tephroclystia deserticola Turati, 1934, now included in the genus Eupithecia Curtis. The replacement name Eupithecia jamesi Ferris and Mironov is proposed.

Résumé

Le nom Eupithecia deserticola McDunnough, 1946 est un homonyme secondaire plus récent de Tephroclystia deserticola Turati, 1934, inclus maintenant dans le genre Eupithecia Curtis. Le nouveau nom de substitution Eupithecia jamesi Ferris and Mironov est proposé.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2007

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