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Porthesia Stephens, 1828

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Nygmiini (tribe)/  Porthesia (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Euproctis
Authorship:Stephens, 1828
Citation:Genus LXVI.– Porthesia mihi
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena chrysorrhoea Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 502. By subsequent designation by Westwood, 1840. Introduction to a modern classification of insects 2 (Synopsis of the Genera of British Insects): 92. A junior objective synonym of Euproctis Hübner 1819.
Publication:Stephens J. F. 1828–1829. Illustrations of British Entomology or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, .... Insecta Haustellata.
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Volume:2
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Pagination:65
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8228799