Phalacra perspicaria

Phalacra perspicaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Phalacra
Species:	P. perspicaria
Binomial name
	Phalacra perspicaria; (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
	Phalaena perspicariaFabricius, 1798;

Last updated January 14, 2024

Phalacra perspicaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.^[1] It is found in India.^[2]

The protologue (species description) of Phalaena perspicaria by Fabricius is in Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae 1798; page 449,^[3] where it says (in Latin):

P. pectinicornis alis angulatis obscure cinereis: puncto medio strigisque duabus punctorum nigrorum. Habitat Tranquebariae Dom. Lund. Paullo maior Ph. tristriariae, tota obscure cinerea. Alae omnes supra puncto medio strigisque duabus posticis a punctis minutis, atris. Subtus pallidiores puncto medio strigisque unica atris.

At the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, P. perspicaria is suspected to be a senior synonym of Phalacra vidhisaria Walker;^[4] in that case the name perspicaria is older and has a preference.

The type location is the town of Tharangambadi on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, India.

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References

↑ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phalacra perspicaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.
↑ Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus descriptionibus
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phalacra perspicaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved July 23, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phalacra perspicaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[3] Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus descriptionibus

[4] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phalacra perspicaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved July 23, 2018.

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