Genus Pterophorus Schaffer, 1766

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• Pterophorus Schaeffer, J.C. 1766. Elementa Entomologica. Regensburg : Schriften 186 pp. [104].

  Type species:

   Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Whalley, P.E.S. 1961. Pterophorus Schaffer, 1766 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposal to place on Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 159-160 [159].
• Pterophorus Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces Animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Paris : Durrand Vol. 2 690 pp. [90] [suppr.].
• Plumiger Valmont-Bomare, J.C. 1791. Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. Paris : Bruyset Freres Vol. 6. [575] [unavail. publ. syn.].
• Pterophora Hübner, J. 1806. Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denomnationis singularum stirpium Lepidoptorum, peritis ad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum. Augsberg. [2] pp. [2] [suppr.].
• Pterophora Hübner, J. 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen. Augsburg : Hübner vi 81 pp. [80] [junior objective synonym of Pterophorus Schaeffer, 1766].

  Type species:

   Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Tutt, J.W. 1905. The types of Pterophoridae etc. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 17: 34-37 [35].
• Aciptilia Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816–[1825]) 431 pp. [430] [junior objective synonym of Pterophorus Schaeffer 1766].

  Type species:

   Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Tutt, J.W. 1905. The types of Pterophoridae etc. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 17: 34-37 [35].
• Aciptilus Zeller, P.C. 1841. [Details not yet found]. Isis, Leipzig 10 [768] [emend.].
• Acoptilia Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. [1842–1847]. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera). Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann pp. Fasc. 9-10 [1846]; (Index universalis). 12 [1847] viii+393. [5] [emend.].
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