Genus Uresiphita Hübner, 1825

Museums

Regional Maps

• Uresiphita Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816–[1825]) 431 pp. [353].

  Type species:

   Pyralis limbalis Denis & Schiffermüller, sensu Hübner, 1825 by subsequent designation.
• Uresiphoeta 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. [384] [unjustified emendation of Uresiphita Hübner, 1825].
• Mecyna Guenée, A. 1854. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 8 448 pp., 10 pls. [406] [junior homonym of Mecyna Doubleday, 1849; junior objective synonym of Uresiphita Hübner, 1825].

  Type species:

   Pyralis polygonalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Walker, F. 1859. Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 19: 799-1036 [incl. index to parts 16-19] [804].

History of changes