IRMNG name details
basis of record
Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
source of synonymy
Pitkin, B.; Jenkins, P. Butterflies and moths of the world. Generic names and their type-species. Natural History Museum, London (2020 version). , available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/ note: as per type genus, Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
status source
Pitkin, B.; Jenkins, P. Butterflies and moths of the world. Generic names and their type-species. Natural History Museum, London (2020 version). , available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/ note: as per type genus, Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
From other sources
Taxonomic remark The type genus, Phalaena was suppressed for the purposes of the Law of Priority but not for those of the Law of Homonymy by ICZN, 1957, Opinion 450. The type species of Phalaena, P. typica, is now Naenia typica in the family Noctuidae. [details]
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