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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1957. Opinion 450. Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758, and validation as of subgeneric status (a) as from 1758, of the terms Bombyx, Noctua, Geometra, Tortrix, Pyralis, Tinea, and Alucita as used by Linnaeus for groups of species of the genus Phalaena and (b) as from 1767 of the term Attacus similarly published by Linnaeus and matters incidental thereto (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera). Ops. Decls. Int. Comm. Zool. Nomencl. 15 (15), 8 Mar 1957: 251-328. ≡

New: Name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]

*Alucitidae* (Family) Leach, 1815	Page: Ruling (5)(g) (p. 259: "Name No. 141").
*Attacidae* (Family) Blanchard, 1840	Page: Ruling (6) (p. 259: "Name Number 142").
*Bombycidae* (Family) Latreille, 1802	Page: Ruling (5)(a) (p. 258: "Name No. 135").
*Geometridae* (Family) Leach, 1815	Page: Ruling (5)(c) (p. 258: "Name No. 137").
*Noctuidae* (Family) Latreille, 1809	Page: Ruling (5)(b) (p. 258: "Name No. 136").
*Pyralidae* (Family) Latreille, 1809	Page: Ruling (5)(e) (p. 259: "Name No. 139").
*Tineidae* (Family) Latreille, 1810	Page: Ruling (5)(f) (p. 259: "Name No. 140").
*Tortricidae* (Family) Latreille, 1802	Page: Ruling (5)(d) (p. 259: "Name No. 138").

New: Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]

*Alucita* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(g) (p. 256: "Name No. 1062").
*Attacus* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1767	Page: Ruling (2)(h) (p. 256: "Name No. 1063").
*Bombyx* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(a) (p. 255: "Name No. 1056").
*Geometra* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(c) (p. 255: "Name No. 1058").
*Noctua* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(b) (p. 255: "Name No. 1057").
*Pyralis* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(e) (p. 255-256: "Name No. 1060").
*Tinea* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(f) (p. 256: "Name No. 1061").
*Tortrix* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (2)(d) (p. 255: "Name No. 1059").

New: Name placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]

*Phalaena atlas* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(h) (p. 257: "Name No. 1138").
*Phalaena farinalis* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(e) (p. 257: "Name No. 1135").
*Phalaena hexadactyla* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(g) (p. 257: "Name No. 1137").
*Phalaena mori* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(a) (p. 256: "Name No. 1131").
*Phalaena papilionaria* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(c) (p. 256: "Name No. 1133").
*Phalaena pellionella* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(f) (p. 257: "Name No. 1136").
*Phalaena pronuba* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(b) (p. 256: "Name No. 1132").
*Phalaena viridana* (Species) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (3)(d) (p. 256: "Name No. 1134").

New: Name placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.7]

*Alucitaedes* (Family) Billberg, 1820, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(n)(i) (p. 262: "Name No. 167").
*Alucitides* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(m) (p. 262: "Name No. 166").
*Alucitina* (Family) Zeller, 1841, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(n)(iii) (p. 262: "Name No. 169").
*Alucitites* (Family) Newman, 1835, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(n)(ii) (p. 262: "Name No. 168").
*Bombyces* (Tribe) Horsfield & Moore, 1858-1859, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(b)(iv) (p. 260: "Name No. 132").
*Bombycides* (Family) Latreille, 1802, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(a) (p. 259: "Name No. 128").
*Bombycites* (Family) Latreille, 1809, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(b)(i) (p. 259: "Name No. 129").
*Bombycodea* (Family) Burmeister, 1837, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(b)(iii) (p. 260: "Name No. 131").
*Bombyxia* (Family) Rafinesque, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(b)(ii) (p. 259: "Name No. 130").
*Geometrida* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(e) (p. 260: "Name No. 144").
*Geometrites* (Family) Newman, 1835, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(f) (p. 260: "Name No. 145").
*Noctuacea* (Family) Burmeister, 1829, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(iii) (p. 260: "Name No. 136").
*Noctuaeides* (Family) Billberg, 1820, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(ii) (p. 260: "Name No. 135").
*Noctuaelites* (Family) Latreille, 1809, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(c) (p. 260: "Name No. 133").
*Noctuaria* (Family) Gravenhorst, 1843, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(vii) (p. 260: "Name No. 140").
*Noctuariae* (Family) Zetterstedt, 1840, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(vi) (p. 260: "Name No. 139").
*Noctuelides* (Family) Duponchel, 1844, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(viii) (p. 260: "Name No. 141").
*Noctuelidi* (Family) Boisduval, 1828, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(iv) (p. 260: "Name No. 137").
*Noctuelites* (Family) Guenée, 1852, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(ix) (p. 260: "Name No. 142").
*Noctues* (Family) Swinhoe, 1890, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(x) (p. 260: "Name No. 143").
*Noctuida* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(i) (p. 260: "Name No. 134").
*Noctuites* (Family) Newman, 1835, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(d)(v) (p. 260: "Name No. 138").
*Orneodidae* (Family) Herrich-Schaeffer, 1843, nom. illeg.	Page: Ruling (7)(s) (p. 263: "Name No. 181").
*Orneodides* (Family) Herrich-Schaeffer, 1843, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(t) (p. 263: "Name No. 182").
*Phalaenaedes* (Family) Billberg, 1820, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(iv) (p. 262: "Name No. 175").
*Phalaenariae* (Family) Zetterstedt, 1840, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(vii) (p. 263: "Name No. 178").
*Phalaenida* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(ii) (p. 262: "Name No. 173").
*Phalaenidae* (Family) Latreille, 1802, nom. illeg.	Page: Ruling (7)(o) (p. 262: "Name No. 170").
*Phalaenides* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(i) (p. 262: "Name No. 172").
*Phalaenites* (Family) Latreille, 1802, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(p) (p. 262: "Name No. 171").
*Phalaenodea* (Family) Burmeister, 1837, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(vi) (p. 263: "Name No. 177").
*Phalaenoidea* (Family) Gravenhorst, 1843, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(viii) (p. 263: "Name No. 179").
*Phalaenoides* (Family) Burmeister, 1829, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(v) (p. 263: "Name No. 176").
*Phalenidia* (Family) Rafinesque, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(q)(iii) (p. 262: "Name No. 174").
*Pyrales* (Family) Swinhoe, 1890, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(vii) (p. 261: "Name No. 157").
*Pyralida* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(i) (p. 261: "Name No. 151").
*Pyralides* (Family) Billberg, 1820, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(ii) (p. 261: "Name No. 152").
*Pyralididae* (Family) Lederer, 1863, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(vi) (p. 261: "Name No. 156").
*Pyralidides* (Family) Zetterstedt, 1840, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(iii) (p. 261: "Name No. 153").
*Pyralidoidae* (Family) Herrich-Schaeffer, 1856, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(v) (p. 261: "Name No. 155").
*Pyralites* (Family) Latreille, 1809, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(i) (p. 261: "Name No. 150").
*Pyraloidi* (Tribe) Guenée, 1845, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(j)(iv) (p. 261: "Name No. 154").
*Tinaeidae* (Family) Corbet & Tams, 1943, nom. illeg.	Page: Ruling (7)(r) (p. 263: "Name No. 180").
*Tineacea* (Family) Zeller, 1839, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(iv) (p. 261: "Name No. 162").
*Tineae* (Family) Guenée, 1845, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(vii) (p. 262: "Name No. 165").
*Tineaedes* (Family) Billberg, 1820, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(ii) (p. 261: "Name No. 160").
*Tinearia* (Family) Gravenhorst, 1843, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(vi) (p. 262: "Name No. 164").
*Tineariae* (Family) Zetterstedt, 1840, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(v) (p. 262: "Name No. 163").
*Tineida* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(i) (p. 261: "Name No. 159").
*Tineites* (Family) Latreille, 1810, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(k) (p. 261: "Name No. 158").
*Tineodea* (Family) Burmeister, 1837, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(l)(iii) (p. 261: "Name No. 161").
*Tortrices* (Family) Latreille, 1802, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(g) (p. 260: "Name No. 146").
*Tortricida* (Family) Leach, 1815, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(h)(i) (p. 261: "Name No. 147").
*Tortricides* (Family) Billberg, 1820, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(h)(ii) (p. 261: "Name No. 148").
*Tortricites* (Family) Newman, 1835, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (7)(h)(iii) (p. 261: "Name No. 149").

New: Name placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.7]

*Geometra* (Genus) Paetel, 1875, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (4)(b) (p. 257: "Name No. 851").
*Noctua* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1764, nom. nud.	Page: Ruling (4)(c) (p. 257: "Linnaeus, 1764", "Name No. 852").
*Noctua* (Genus) Gmelin, 1771, nom. illeg.	Page: Ruling (4)(d) (p. 257: "Name No. 853").
*Orneodes* (Genus) Latreille, 1796, nom. illeg.	Page: Ruling (4)(e) (p. 258: "Name No. 854").
*Phalaena* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758, nom. rej.	Page: Ruling (4)(a) (p. 257: "Name No. 850").
*Tinaea* (Genus) Geoffroy, 1762, nom. inval.	Page: Ruling (4)(f) (p. 258: "Name No. 855").
*Tinea* (Genus) Griffith, 1897, orth. inval.	Page: Ruling (4)(g) (p. 258: "Name No. 856").
*Tortrix* (Genus) Oppel, 1811, nom. illeg.	Page: Ruling (4)(h) (p. 258: "Name No. 857").

New: Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1]

*Alucita* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(7)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").
*Attacus* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1767	Page: Ruling (1)(c)(i) (p. 255: "validated", "subgeneric").
*Bombyx* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(1)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").
*Geometra* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(3)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").
*Noctua* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(2)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").
*Pyralis* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(5)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").
*Tinea* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(6)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").
*Tortrix* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Page: Ruling (1)(b)(4)(1) (p. 254: "validated"; p. [253]: "subgeneric").

New: Partially suppressed name (nom. rej.: nom. suppr. part.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.2.2 (obj./subj. syn.)]

Phalaena (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758, nom. rej.

Page: Ruling (1)(a) (p. [253]).