Psilogramma vates (Butler, 1875)

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: "Psilogramma genus-group"

Genus: Psilogramma

Species:

Psilogramma vates (Butler, 1875)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Descriptions of thirty-three new or little-known species of Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum 13

Type data:

LECTOTYPE ♀ Ceylon [Sri Lanka] [(Templeton)] [NHMUK]; designated by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 160. This specimen is also paralectotype "a" of Diludia discistriga Walker (1856).

Taxonomic Notes:

Synonymized (inversely) with Diludia abietina by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 629. Butler's inverted synonymy was corrected by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 683. Synonymized with Psilogramma increta by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 64. Reinstated as a species by Eitschberger, 2001, Neue ent. Nachr. 52: 14.

Nomenclature notes:

A manuscript name of unknown authorship (written on a label attached to a Madras specimen) made available by Butler.