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Pemba Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Sphinginae (subfamily)/  Sphingini (tribe)/  Sphingina (subtribe)/  Pemba (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Pantophaea
Authorship:Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Citation:XI. Pemba gen. nov.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Pemba distanti Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. Novitates Zoologicae 9 (Supplement): 46; pl. 27, figs 1–3; pl. 28, fig. 32; pl. 35, fig. 25. By original designation. A junior homonym of Pemba Walker, 1870 [Orthoptera]. The objective replacement name is Pantophaea Jordan, 1946.
Publication:Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:9
Issue:Supplement
Pagination:28 [key], 45
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15841603