Taxonomic Swap 57691 (Committed on 2019-05-21)

Globiz Pyraloidea (Nuss et al., 2003-2019), Fauna Europaea and the North American checklist for Pyraloidea all now follow Kirti & Gill, 2007 in regarding Patania as a senior synonym of Pleuroptya.

From the GP. website:

Patania Moore, 1888: 209
type species: Botys concatenalis Walker, 1866, by original designation

= Pleuroptya Meyrick, 1890: 443-444
type species: Botys aurantiacalis Fischer von Röslerstamm, [1840] 1838, by monotypy
Kirti & Gill 2007: 265 (syn.)

Kirti, J.S. & N.S. Gill 2007: Revival of genus Patania Moore and reporting of a new species menoni (Pyraustinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of Entomological Research, New Delhi 31 (3): 265–275.

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Added by hkmoths on May 21, 2019 03:04 PM | Committed by hkmoths on May 21, 2019
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