| Higher taxa: | Limacodidae (family)/ Limacodinae (subfamily)/ Nyssia (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Miresa |
| Authorship: | Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 |
| Citation: | Nyssia |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäische Schmetterlinge. Heterocera (Nachtfalter) (1) 1: wrapper, pl. 37, fig. 179. By subsequent designation by Fletcher, 1982. – In: Fletcher & Nye, Generic Names of Moths of the World 4: 104. A junior homonym of Nyssia Duponchel, 1829 [Geometridae]. The objective replacement name is Miresa Walker, 1855. |
| Publication: | Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1853–1858. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäische Schmetterlinge. Heterocera (Nachtfalter). |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | (1) 1 |
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| Pagination: | wrapper, pl. 37, figs 178, 179. |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33669231 |