Case 3841 – Epigraphiidae Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea): proposed suppression to conserve the widely used family-group name Depressariidae Meyrick, 1883

Ole Karsholt, Erik J van Nieukerken, Richard L. Brown, Maria Heikkilä, Peter Huemer, Lauri Kaila, Jean-Francois Landry, Houhun Li, Margarita G. Ponomarenko, Sergey Sinev

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Sammanfattning

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to suppress the
little-used senior family-group name Epigraphiidae Guenée, 1845, in order to conserve
the well-known family group name Depressariidae Meyrick, 1883 (both in Lepidoptera).
Both the name Epigraphiidae and its derivatives have been seldom used, with about
eleven known uses since 1900, in contrast to its junior synonym Depressariidae.
Originalspråkengelska
TidskriftBulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volym79
Sidor (från-till)18-30
Antal sidor13
ISSN0007-5167
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 2022
MoE-publikationstypA1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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  • 1181 Ekologi, evolutionsbiologi

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