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Tipasa Walker, 1864

Higher taxa: Lecithoceridae (family)/  Lecithocerinae (subfamily)/  Tipasa (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Frisilia
Authorship:Walker, 1864
Citation:Genus 96. Tipasa
Taxon remarks:Type species: Tipasa basaliella Walker, 1864. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIX.– Tineites: 805. By monotypy. A junior homonym of Tipasa Walker, 1863, ibidem 27: 129 [Noctuidae]. The subjective replacement name is Frisilia Walker, 1864 (see Sattler 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28: 261 who placed T. basaliella as a junior subjective synonym of Frisilia nesciatella Walker, 1864, the type-species of Frisilia Walker, 1864).
Publication:Walker F. 1864a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIX.– Tineites.
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Volume:29
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Pagination:804–805
URL: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38948384