Genus Aeolochroma Prout, 1912

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• Aeolochroma Prout, L.B. 1912. Geometridae. Subfam. Hemitheinae. Genera Insectorum 129: 1-274, pls 1-4 [35].

  Type species:

   Hypochroma turneri Lucas, 1890 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1858. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G. J. Manz Vol. 1(1). [Date published 1858: dated 1850-1858]; Goldfinch, G.M. 1929. Revision of Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 379-407, pls 14-16; Turner, A.J. 1941. New species of Lepidoptera from the Barnard collection. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12: 40-52; Goldfinch, G.M. 1943. A new species of Terpna from National Park, New South Wales (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Records of the Australian Museum 21: 179.

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [216] (Note #329: Aeolochroma Prout, 1912 is here used to include the species included in “Terpna” by Turner (1941a) and Goldfinch (1929, 1943). The name "Terpna" has been widely used for this group in Australia. "Terpna" is a misspelling of Terpne Hübner, 1822 which was possibly introduced by Herrich-Schäffer (1850-[1869]). Terpne Hübner is a junior objective synonym of Geometra Linnaeus and not closely related to the species included in Aeolochroma Prout)

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