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Leucodesmia Warren, 1899

Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Comostolini (tribe)/  Leucodesmia (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Comostola
Authorship:Warren, 1899
Citation:Leucodesmia gen. nov.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Comibaena dispansa Walker, 1861. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 1861: 574. By original designation. A junior homonym of Leucodesmia Howard, 1895 [Hymenoptera]. Comostola Meyrick, 1888, is available as a subjective replacement name. Included by Parsons et al. (1999: 185) as a junior synonym of Comostola Meyrick, 1888.
Publication:Warren W. 1899a. New species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World regions.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:6
Issue:1
Pagination:25
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3258802