Genus Petelia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

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• Petelia Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 6 pp. [109, 122].

  Type species:

   Petelia medardaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] by original designation.
• Dichroptera Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 6 pp. [100].

  Type species:

   Petelia medardaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] by original designation.
• Bargosa Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 21: 277-498 [311 (key), 479].

  Type species:

   Bargosa chandubija Walker, 1860 by original designation.
• Antipetelia Inoue, H. 1943. New and little known Geometridae from Japan. Transactions of the Kansai Entomological Society 12(2): 1-25 [20].

  Type species:

   Bargosa rivulosa Butler, 1881 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fletcher, D.S. 1979. Geometroidea: Apoprogonidae, Axiidae, Callidulidae, Cyclidiidae, Drepanidae, Epicopieiidae, Epiplemidae, Geometridae, Pterothysanidae, Sematuridae, Thyatiridae, Uraniidae. In, Nye, I.W.B. (ed.). The Generic Names of Moths of the World. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 xx 243 pp.

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. [206] (Petelia Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 and Dichroptera Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 were published simultaneously. Petelia Herrich-Schäffer was given priority by Fletcher (1979))

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