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Aphelia Westwood, 1849

Higher taxa: Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Urotini (tribe)/  Aphelia (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Pseudaphelia
Authorship:Westwood, 1849
Citation:Saturnia (Aphelia) Apollinaris, Bdv.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Saturnia apollinaris Boisduval, 1847. – In: Delegorgue, Voyage en Afrique australe 2: 601. By monotypy. A junior homonym of Aphelia Hübner, 1825 [Tortricidae]. The objective replacement name is Pseudaphelia Kirby, 1892.
Publication:Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:17
Issue:
Pagination:61
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862117