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Hemachra Sodoffsky, 1837

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Ophiusini (tribe)/  Hemachra (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Ophiusa
Authorship:Sodoffsky, 1837
Citation:Hemachra
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, 1777. Uitlandsche Kapellen 2: 116; pl. 172, fig. E. By subsequent designation by Duponchel, 1829. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 7(2): 72. An unecessary objective replacement name for Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816. Included by Poole (1989) as a junior synonym of Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816.
Publication:Sodoffsky W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge.
Journal:Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou
Volume:10
Issue:6
Pagination:89
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41313933