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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Stenoptilia zophodactyla Weißzügelgeistchen Subspecies No subspecies are recognized. Original description Synonyms Pterophorus zophodactylus Duponchel, 1840 Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840) Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1840) Mimaesioptilus zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840) Adkinia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1840) Pterophorus loewii Zeller, 1847 Pterophorus nyctidactylus Kollar (in Herrich-Schäffer), 1855 (nomen nudum) Pterophorus canalis Walker, 1864 Pterophorus hodgkinsonii Gregson, 1868 Mimeseoptilus semicostatus Zeller, 1873 Mimeseoptilus semicostata Zeller, 1873 The specific epithet is often given as either "zophodactyla" or "zophodactylus". Species epithets ending on "-dactylus/a/um" have been introduced by Linnaeus (1758) who used them as adjectives (see my comments under Pterophorus pentadactylus). This adjectival use has been maintained by all classical authors, and therefore I reject the notion that these epithets are nouns in apposition. The correct valid name of the present species is therefore Stenoptilia zophodactyla.   Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on October 30, 2010 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved.	Related information: Subspecies Original description Synonyms Identification Distribution Biology