Genus Trichiocercus Stephens, 1835

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• Trichiocercus Stephens, J.F. 1835. Illustrations of British Entomology (Haustellata). London : Baldwin & Craddock Vol. IV. [386] [replacement name; Arcturus Curtis, 1830].

  Type species:

   Arcturus sparshalli Curtis, 1830 (Australia) by original designation.
• Arcturus Curtis, J. 1830. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. London : J. Curtis Vol. VII pp. folios 290-337. [junior homonym; Arcturus Berthold, 1827].

  Type species:

   Arcturus sparshalli Curtis, 1830 (Australia) by original designation.
• Trichetra Westwood, J.O. 1840. Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. pp. 1-158 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. London : Longman Vol. 2. [Date published 31/12/1840] [92] [emendation; unnecessary replacement name for Trichiocercus Stephens, 1835].
• Trichocercus Westwood, J.O. 1840. Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. pp. 1-158 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. London : Longman Vol. 2. [Date published 31/12/1840] [92] [subsequent misspelling].
• Arctoproctus Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 1. [Date published June] [92].

  Type species:

   Arcturus sparshalli Curtis, 1830 (Australia) by subsequent designation, see Watson, A. in Watson, A., Fletcher, D.S. & Nye, I.W.B. 1980. Noctuioidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. pp. in Nye, I.W.B. (ed.). The Generic Names of Moths of the World. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xiv+228 pp., frontispiece. [195].

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Notodontidae (Ceruridae). pp. 272-274, 366-367 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. [273] (Note #518: Trichiocercus Stephens, 1835. The genus Carama Walker, 1855 was established to include a single species identified by Walker as Arcturns sparsballi Curtis, 1830. Walker misidentified specimens of what is now Carama walkeri Butler, 1877 (Megalopygidae) from Brazil. Carama Walker is treated in the Megalopygidae by Fletcher. and Nye (1982). This is a case of misidentified type species which under the Code, Art. 70(a), should be referred to the Commission. The genus is not listed here as it is clear that stability is best preserved by retaining Carama Walker in the Megalopygidae)

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