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Hercyna Stephens, 1829

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.