| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Boletobiinae (subfamily)/ Eublemmini (tribe)/ Leptosia (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Metachrostis |
| Authorship: | Guenée, 1841 |
| Citation: | Gen. 4 Leptosia, mihi |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Noctua velox Hübner, 1813. Sammlung europäischer Schmettlinge [sic] 4: pl. 108, fig. 507. By subsequent designation by Guenée, 1852. Histoire naturelle des insectes (Species général des Lépidoptères) 6: 237. A junior homonym of Leptosia Hübner, 1818. The objective replacement name is Metachrostis Hübner, 1820. |
| Publication: | Guenée A. M. 1841b. Noctuarum Europaearum. Index methodicus, classificationis in Ann. Soc. Entom. Gallic. editae tabulam fingens. |
| Journal: | Annales de la Société entomologique de France |
| Volume: | 10 |
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| Pagination: | 225 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8258027 |
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