Name-bearing Types of Lepidoptera (Insecta), excluding Rhopalocera, in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
Author
Bland, Keith P.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2394
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275866
bfdc24a8-b88c-42df-a177-4e25803425b4
1175-5326
275866
Sylepta
[sic]
NIGRALIS
Kaye,
1925
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
,
1924
(
3
&
4
),
413–428
[
424
], pl. XLV: fig.
17
. Current accepted combination:
Syllepte nigralis
Kaye,
1925
(see Munroe
1995
).
Holotype
, female, pinned: also
paratype
Ƥ, pinned.
Specimen data
:
Holotype
: “V.Vale |
1
/
1
/
22
” [Handwritten (by Lamont)]. “
Type
| H.T.” [Round, red bordered]. “Lamont | Collection |
1950
-
16
” [Printed] and another label “
Type
” [Handwritten in red ink] glued to it. “
Sylepta nigralis Kaye
” [Handwritten Lamont cabinet label].
Remarks
: This specimen collected at Verdant Vale,
Trinidad
,
1
January
1922
, by Sir N. Lamont, is unambiguously the
holotype
. It is illustrated in colour in Pl. XLV: fig.
17
(
Kaye
1925
,
Kaye & Lamont
1927
).