Species Aporoctena aprepes (Turner, 1904)

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• Cryptoscopa aprepes Turner, A.J. 1904. New Australian Lepidoptera...with synonomic notes and other notes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28: 212-247 [238].

  Type data:

   Holotype 3♂, ♀, Australia: [Queensland], Queensland (north), Geraldton; Queensland, Brisbane.
• Aporoctena aprepes Turner, A.J. 1917. Revision of the Australian Lepidoptera. VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 304-336, 344-390 [3 Oct. 1917] [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype 3 including ♂ and ♀, Australia: Queensland, Brisbane; Queensland (north), Innisfail.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [203 (aprepes Turner 1917]

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. [203] (Note #283: Aporoctena aprepes (Turner, 1904) and A. aprepes Turner, 1917 were based on the same three syntypes. A. aprepes Turner, 1917 is a junior secondary homonym as well as a junior objective synonym of A. aprepes (Turner, 1904))

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