Species Cruria tropica (T.P. Lucas, 1891)

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• Agarista tropica Lucas, T.P. 1891. On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(2): 277-306 [302].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA ♂, ♀ (The original description by Lucas indicates syntypes (♂ and ♀), but a note in ANIC lists a ♂ lectotype in the SAMA, but no reference for the designation.), Tropical Queensland.
• Agarista platyxantha Meyrick, E. 1891. Description of New Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 188-192 (July), 193-199 (Dec.) [194].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 6 ♂♂ / ♀♀, [Australia,] QLD, Cooktown; QLD, Cairns.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hampson, G.F. 1901. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 xix 690 pp., 1 folded page. [548]

Notes

The name 'papuana Strand, 1912 (Agarista) infrasubsp.'' is listed by Nielsen et al. (1996: 322) as a synonym under this name.

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