Higher taxa: | Geometridae (family)/ Ennominae (subfamily)/ Macariini (tribe)/ Hercyna (genus)/ |
Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Chiasmia |
Authorship: | Stephens, 1829 |
Citation: | None |
Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena clathrata Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 524. By subsequent designation by Fletcher, 1979. – In: Nye, Generic Names of Moths of the World 3: 41. A junior homonym of Hercyna Treitschke, 1828 [Pyralidae], and a junior objective synonym of Chiasmia Hübner, 1823. The objective replacement name is Arte Stephens, 1829. Included by Parsons et al. (1999: 126) as a junior synonym of Chiasmia Hübner, 1823. |