Subspecies
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No subspecies are recognized.
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Synonyms
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Alucita ochrodactyla Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775
Platyptilia ochrodactyla (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775)
Gillmeria ochrodactyla (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775)
Platyptilia dichrodactylus Muehlig, 1863
Platyptilia ochrodactyla borgmanni Roessler, 1881
Platyptilia ochrodactyla bosniaca Rebel, 1904
Phalaena tetradactyla auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)
Platyptilia tetradactyla auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)
Gillmeria tetradactyla auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)
The identity of the taxon tetradactyla has been unclear for a while and
the name has variously been applied to several species including the present one.
However, Agassiz (2001)
pointed to the confusion surrounding the
species epithet tetradactyla and asked the International Commission
on Zoological Nomenclature to clarify the issue. The Commission has
done so by declaring the same specimen to be the type for both the
tridactyla and the tetradactyla taxon (ICZN 2003). In this way the
contentious name tetradactyla became an objective synonym of tridactyla
and is not linked to the present species anymore: tetradactyla of
Linnaeus, 1758 is not a synonym of the present species although this is
still incorrectly listed as such in some online databases.
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Identification
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No information has been entered yet.
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Distribution
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No information has been entered yet.
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Biology
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No information has been entered yet.
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Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen) on July 16, 2014.
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