Species Epicoma contristis Hübner, 1823

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• Epicoma contristis Hübner, J. 1823. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic]. 2. Augsburg. 40 pp., pls [36]-[69]. ([1819]-1823) [year of publication not confirmed] [9, pl. 38, figs. 217, 218].
• Epicoma tristis Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [160].
• Bombyx tristis Lewin, J.W. 1805. Prodromus Entomology. Natural History of Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales. London : T. Bensley 18 pls and text (letterpress). [p. 9, t. 8].
• Bombyx tristis Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [pl. 34].

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Notodontidae (Ceruridae). pp. 272-274, 366-367 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [273] (sp. rev. and Note #517: Epicoma contristis Hübner, 1823. Hübner ([1819]-1823) in ([1819]) named the species figured on pl. 38, figs 217,218 Epicoma tristis. In the text, published in 1823, Hübner used the name Epicoma contristis Hübner, 1823. E. contristis Hübner is thus a junior objective synonym of E. tristis Hübner. E. tristis Hübner is a junior secondary homonym of both E. tristis (Donovan, 1805) and E. tristis (Lewin, 1805))

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