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Taxon: Genus Alucita Linnaeus, 1758 (moth)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758) [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
Original name & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 542.
Subsequent rank:  [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775. Ank. Syst. Werk. Schmett. Wiener Gegend, 145.
Subsequent publication:  Fabricius, 1775. Syst. Ent.: 667.

Gender

Feminine Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: 256.

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: Ruling (2)(g) (p. 256: "Name No. 1062"). [new]

Types

Type, by designation under the plenary power, of: Alucitidae (Family) Leach, 1815 Ref: ICZN, 1957: Ruling (1)(b)(7)(3) (p. 254; p. 259). [new]
Type, by designation under the plenary power: Alucita hexadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: ICZN, 1957: Ruling (1)(b)(7)(2) (p. 254: "genus"; p. 256). [implicit]
Type, by designation under the plenary power: Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: ICZN, 1957: Ruling (1)(b)(7)(2) (p. 254: "genus"; p. 256). [new]

Variants

Basionym: Alucita (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Incorrect spelling: Aleucita (Genus) Chambers, 1878, nom. null. Ref: B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present: 5 Nov 2004.
Incorrect spelling: Allucita (Genus) Billberg, 1820, nom. null. Ref: B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present: 5 Nov 2004.

Synonyms

Junior objective synonym: Alucitina (Genus) Heydenreich, 1851, nom. illeg. Ref: B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present: 5 Nov 2004.
Junior objective synonym: Euchiradia (Genus) Hübner, 1825, nom. superfl. Ref: B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present: 5 Nov 2004.
Junior objective synonym: Orneodes (Genus) Latreille, 1796, nom. illeg. Ref: ICZN, 1957: 258.
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