Parasemia, HUBNER, 1823

Scoble, Malcolm J. & Krüger, Martin, 2002, A review of the genera of Macariini with a revised classification of the tribe (Geometridae: Ennominae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (3), pp. 257-315 : 311

PARASEMIA HÜBNER, 1823

Type species: Parasemia agnitaria Hübner, 1823 . Brazil. [Junior homonym of Parasemia Hübner, [1820] 1816 ( Lepidoptera : Arctiidae ).]

Taxonomic status. There is no replacement name for this junior homonym. Fletcher (1979: 189) stated that the type species P. agnitaria is congeneric with Semiothisa gambaria Hübner , the type species of Semiothisa . This suggestion is reasonable if Semiothisa is understood in the very broad sense in which it has often been used. In the restricted sense we have defined it in the present study, however, the colour