Alucita leucodactyla Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775
Alucita theidactyla Huebner, 1825
Aciptilia wernickei Wocke (in Wernicke), 1898
Alucita fitzi Rebel, 1912
Alucita dryogramma Meyrick, 1930
Pterophorus tridactylus auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)
Pterophorus tridactyla auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)
Pterophorus tetradactylus auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)
Pterophorus 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.
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