An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera (Insecta) housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part I. superfamilies Hepialoidea, Cossoidea, and Zygaenoidea Author Zahiri, Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-6973 Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany & Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Entomology Laboratory, Bldg. 18, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada reza.zahiri@gmail.com Author Tarmann, Gerhard Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen, Sammlungs- und Forschungszentrum der Tiroler Landesmuseen, Ferdinandeum, Krajnc-Strasse 1, 6060 Hall, Austria Author Efetov, Konstantin A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-7264 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Department of Biological Chemistry, V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, RU- 295051, Simferopol, Russia Author Rajaei, Hossein Department Entomology, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany Author Fatahi, Maryam Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Author Seidel, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4913-8778 Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Author Jaenicke, Birgit Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany & Museum fuer Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43; 10115 Berlin, Germany Author Dalsgaard, Thure Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Author Sikora, Marcy Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Author Husemann, Martin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5536-6681 Centrum fuer Naturkunde, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany text Evolutionary Systematics 2021 2021-03-22 5 1 39 70 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.62003 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.62003 2535-0730-1-39 DEAAFC263BF64BAE9477135FC015082A 32A8ABA3497F5334A9B15F91274948F4 50. Zygaena (Zygaena) meliloti silaecola Verity, 1930 Zygaena meliloti silaecola Verity, 1930: Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 9: 12. Original material examined. " Cotypes" 4♂♂ ( ZMH 61490 - ZMH 61493 ) ( Fig. 50 ). "CALABRIA / bassingliatella oder Cassugliatella / 6.VIII.21 /? // v. silaecola / Vrty // " Cotypus " / v. / silaecola / Vrty // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61490 "; "CALABRIA / bassingliatella oder Cassugliatella / 6.VIII.21 /? // " Cotypus " / v. / silaecola / Vrty // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61491 "; "CALABRIA / bassingliatella oder Cassugliatella / 1.VIII.21 /? // " Cotypus " / v. / silaecola / Vrty // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61492 "; "CALABRIA / Bassigliabllo / 10.VII.21 /? // " Cotypus " / v. / silaecola / Vrty // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61493 " . Original locality. Italy: Calabria, Cosenza, La Sila [for Anthrocera meliloti silana Turati, 1923] Current status. Synonym of Z. viciae sicula Calberla, 1895. Remarks. Zygaena meliloti (Esper, 1789) is a junior synonym to Zygaena viciae (Denis & Schiffermueller , 1775). The taxon Zygaena silaecola Verity, 1930 was proposed as an objective replacement name for Anthrocera meliloti silana Turati, 1923, which is a junior secondary homonym to Zygaena lonicerae silana Burgeff, 1914. However, the taxon Zygaena silaecola Verity, 1930 is a junior synonym to Zygaena sicula Calberla, 1895. The current combination of this taxon is therefore Z. viciae sicula Calberla, 1895 ( Hofmann and Tremewan 1996 ). Moreover, as the reviewer Alberto Zilli correctly states, if the type status of specimen(s) in case an original name has objectively been replaced which is the case here as the name Zygaena silaecola Verity, 1930 is stated to be a replacement for Zygaena silana Turati, 1923 due to the latter entering homonymy with another name. In this case, ICZN article 72.7 clearly state that the type specimens remain those of the original name regardless of any statement to the contrary (e.g. other specimens named as types). Accordingly, the listed 'types' are such only if they are part of the original Turati's series, if they are part of another series worked upon by Verity they are not true types of Zygaena silaecola . Consequently, the ''types' listed above are incorrectly labelled as types.