Higher taxa: | Pyralidae (family)/ Phycitinae (subfamily)/ Phycitini (tribe)/ Gyroptera (genus)/ |
Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Eugyroptera |
Authorship: | Bradley, 1986 |
Citation: | Gyroptera gen. n. |
Taxon remarks: | Type species: Gyroptera robertsi Bradley, 1968. Bulletin of Entomological Research 57(4): 612; pl. 31, figs 1–8. By original designation and monotypy. A junior homonym of Gyroptera Janse, 1964 [Limacodidae]. The objective replacement name is Eugyroptera Bradley, 1977. |
Publication: | Bradley J. D. 1968a. Descriptions of two new genera and species of Phycitinae associated with Hypsipyla robusta (Moore) on Meliaceae in Nigeria (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). |
Journal: | Bulletin of Entomological Research |
Volume: | 57 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 611–612 |