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Theophila Moore, 1862

Higher taxa: Bombycidae (family)/  Bombycinae (subfamily)/  Theophila (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Bombyx
Authorship:Moore, 1862
Citation:Theophila, nobis
Taxon remarks:Type species: Bombyx bengalensis Moore, 1862. Transactions of the entomological Society of London (3) 1(4): 315. By subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892. Synonymic catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera 1: 719.
Publication:Moore F. 1862. On the Asiatic silk-producing moths.
Journal:Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:(3) 1
Issue:4
Pagination:315
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32121269