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A Revision of the Genus Epicorsia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Eugene Munroe
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Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit Entomology Division, Ottawa, Canada
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Hübner (1818:24) erected the genus Epicorsia, mentioning two species: E. mellinalis Hübner and E. verticalis (Linnaeus). Shibuya (1928:280) selected nyctemeralis Hübner and Pierce and Metcalfe ( 1938:58) selected repandalis Schiff. as type of Epicorsia; both selections refer to a publication other than the original one of the genus and are therefore intrinsically invalid; moreover neither of these species is one of the originally included ones. Accordingly I hereby select Epicorsia mellinalis Hübner as type of Epicorsia Hübner, in accordance with the usage of Warren (1891) and of most modern authors.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , May 1958 , pp. 293 - 301
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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