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Pterodonta Austaut, 1905

Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Macroglossinae (subfamily)/  Macroglossini (tribe)/  Pterodonta (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Sphingonaepiopsis
Authorship:Austaut, 1905
Citation:Genre Pterodonta Austaut (novum genus)
Taxon remarks:Type species: Proserpinus gorgoniades Hübner, 1819. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]: 132. By original designation. A junior homonym of Pterodonta Reichenbach, 1817 [Noctuidae]. Sphingonaepiopsis Wallengren, 1858, is available for use as a subjective replacement name. The objective replacement name is Neopterodonta Eitschberger, 1999. See also Kitching & Cadiou (2000: 66, 165–166).
Publication:Austaut J. L. 1905. Notice sur une nouvelle espèce du genre Satyrus, ainsi que sur deux genres nouveaux de la familles des Sphingides.
Journal:Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:19
Issue:6
Pagination:29
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31857223