Species Ercheia dubia (Butler, 1874)

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• Catephia dubia Butler, A.G. 1874. Revision of the homopterous genera Cosmoscarta and Phymatostetha, with descriptions of new species. Cistula Entomologica 1: 245-270 [292].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH.
• Ercheia charon Butler, 1880.
• Melipotis collustrans Lucas, T.P. 1894. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 133-166 [146].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA.
• Ercheia subdubia Gaede, 1938.
• Ercheia clarior Gaede, 1938.
• Ercheia litura Gaede, 1938.
• Ercheia dubiosa Gaede, 1938.
• Ercheia latistria Prout, 1919.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 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. [307] (Note 637. The names 'clarior Strand, 1912 (Ercheia) infrasubsp.', 'dubiosa Strand, 1912 (Ercheia) infrasubsp.', 'litura Strand, 1912 (Ercheia) infrasubsp.', 'subdubia Strand, 1912 (Ercheia) infrasubsp.', 'latistria Strand, 1912 (Ercheia) infrasubsp.' and 'apicalis Strand, 1912 (Melipotis) infrasubsp.' are listed by Nielsen et al. (1996: 307) as synonyms under this species, but with no indication of the original species)

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