Species Dichromodes ainaria Guenée, 1857

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• Dichromodes ainaria Guenée, A. 1857. Uranides et Phalénites. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 9 xxxvii, 514 pp. [321; Atlas: pl. 3, fig. 5] [Dichromodes ainaria Guenée, 1857, D. divergentaria Guenée, 1857 and D. diasemaria Guenée, 1857 were described simultaneously. D ainaria Guenée was given priority overD. divergentaria Guenée by Meyrick (1890: 1170) as first reviser. D ainaria Guenée was given priority over D. diasemaria Guenée by Turner (1930: 7) as first reviser].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Tasmania.

  Secondary source:

   Meyrick, E. 1890. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 4(4): 1117-1216 [year of publication not confirmed] [1170]; Turner, A.J. 1930. Revision of Australian Oenochromidae (Lepidoptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55: 1-40 [7].
• Dichromodes divergentaria Guenée, A. in Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 10(2) 584 pp. [321].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀, Australia.
• Dichromodes diasemaria Guenée, A. in Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 10(2) 584 pp. [321].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, Tasmania.
• Cidaria metaxanthata Walker, F. 1863. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 26: 1478-1796 [Date published 1863: incl. Index to parts 20-26; dated 1862] [1734].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 3, ♂, ♀, Tasmania.
• Dichromades subflava Bastelberger, M.J. 1907. Neue exotische Geometriden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 53-63 [59].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMF 2♀, [New South Wales], Katoomba.

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. [214] (Note #322: Dichromodes ainaria Guenée, 1857, D. divergentaria Guenée, 1857 and D. diasetnaria Guenée 1857 were described simultaneously. As first revisers Meyrick (1890: 1170) gave priority to D. ainaria Guenée over D. divergentaria, and Turner (1930: 7) gave priority to D. ainaria Guenée over D. diasemaria Guenée)

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