Species Amelora goniota Guest, 1887

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• Amelora goniota Guest, E. 1887. A classified list of Geometrina found around Balhannah, with notes on species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 126-141 [137].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC 2 or 3, South Australia, Balhannah.
• Amelora goniota Meyrick, E. 1892. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 6(4): 581-678 [647].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (Junior primary homonym and junior synonym of Amelora goniota Guest), South Australia, Mt Lofty.

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. [201] (Note #277: Amelora goniota Guest, 1887, A. demistis Guest, 1887 and A. ambiopa Guest, 1887 were all described by both Guest (1887) and Meyrick (1892). In all cases Meyrick retained a specimen sent to him by Guest but Guest retained some specimens. Lectotypes of the Guest species should be selected from Guest's collection now in the SAMA. In the case of A. goniota Meyrick there was a single specimen which must be the holotype; in A. demistis Meyrick there were two syntypes both from Guest. In the case of A. amblopa Meyrick there were additional specimens not from Guest. In the BMNH a Bathurst specimen not from Guest is marked as the potential lectotype but it is desirable that a Guest specimen should be so designated, so that A. amblopa Meyrick remains a junior subjective synonym as well as a junior primary homonym)

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