Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Thyraylia voxcana (Kearfott, 1907), rev. status.
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Phalonia voxcana Kearfott, 1907
Phalonia omphacitis (Meyrick, 1912) (unnecessary replacement name for voxcana)
* This species was 3858 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.
Explanation of Names
Thyraylia voxcana (Kearfott, 1907) is restored to full species status in Meltzer & Brown (2014)
(1). Generic placement follows Brown (2019)
(2) as suggested in Meltzer & Brown (2014).
Specific epithet is part of a series of Kearfott names originating from various alphabetical rhyming schemes with no meaning, often derided by subsequent authors as "nonsense names." See Brown (2001) for a humorous take on this "barbaric" practice.
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(4)Range
Type Locality: Hampton, NH.
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33:
83.
(5)Contributed by
Steve Nanz on 16 December, 2015 - 3:35am
Additional contributions by
Randy HardyLast updated 3 December, 2020 - 4:04am