| Higher taxa: | Geometridae (family)/ Larentiinae (subfamily)/ Xanthorhoini (tribe)/ Limonophila (genus)/ | 
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Scotopteryx | 
| Authorship: | Gumppenberg, 1887 | 
| Citation: | 49. Limonophila | 
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena plumbaria Fabricius, 1775. Systema Entomologiae: 628. By subsequent designation by Fletcher, 1979. – In: Nye, Generic Names of Moths of the World 3: 116. Included by Parsons et al. (1999: 869) as a junior synonym of Scotopteryx Hübner, 1825. | 
| Publication: | Gumppenberg C. von 1887. Systema Geometrarum zonae temperatioris Septentrionalis. Systematische Bearbeitung der Spanner der nördlichen gemässigten Zone. Erster Theil. | 
| Journal: | Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum | 
| Volume: | 49 | 
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| Pagination: | 330 [key] | 
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39662143 |