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Microsetia Stephens, 1829

Higher taxa: Gelechiidae (family)/  Apatetrinae (subfamily)/  Apatetrini (tribe)/  Microsetia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Chrysoesthia
Authorship:Stephens, 1829
Citation:Microsetia mihi
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena stipella Linnaeus, 1796. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge 8: 57; pl. 20, fig. 138. By subsequent designation by Westwood, 1840. Introduction to a modern classification of insects 2 (Synopsis Genera of British Insects): 112.
Publication:Stephens J. F. 1829a. The nomenclature of British Insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and forming a guide to their classification.
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Pagination:49
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35749696