Case 3841 – Epigraphiidae Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea): proposed suppression to conserve the widely used family-group name Depressariidae Meyrick, 1883
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to suppress the little-used senior family-group name Epigraphiidae Guenée, 1845, in order to conserve the well-known family group name Depressariidae Meyrick, 1883 (both in Lepidoptera). Both the name Epigraphiidae and its derivatives have been seldom used, with about eleven known uses since 1900, in contrast to its junior synonym Depressariidae.
Institutions: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Helsinki, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft M.B.H., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Nankai University, Far Eastern Federal University, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G4219692687
OpenAlex ID: W4306168000