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Taxonomy
Atropos Agassiz, 1846 [Invalid]
Nomenclature
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Subtribe: AcherontiinaGenus: Acherontia
Genus:
Atropos Agassiz, 1846
Usage:
invalid
Unacceptability Reason:
junior homonym
Reference:
Type data:
Type species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Nomenclature notes:
Atropos Agassiz is a junior homonym of Atropos Leach, [1815], in: Brewster, Edinburgh Encyl. 9: 139 (Insecta: Psocoptera) and a junior objective synonym of Acherontia [Laspeyres].