Phymatopus hecta ab. confluens (Bytinski-Salz, 1939), 1869

Zahiri, Reza, Tarmann, Gerhard, Efetov, Konstantin A., Rajaei, Hossein, Fatahi, Maryam, Seidel, Matthias, Jaenicke, Birgit, Dalsgaard, Thure, Sikora, Marcy & Husemann, Martin, 2021, An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera (Insecta) housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part I. superfamilies Hepialoidea, Cossoidea, and Zygaenoidea, Evolutionary Systematics 5 (1), pp. 39-70 : 39

2. Phymatopus hecta ab. confluens (Bytinski-Salz, 1939)

Hepialus hecta ab. confluens Bytinski-Salz, 1939: Ent. Rec. 51: 84.

Original material examined.

Labelled as “Holotype” ( ZMH 61346 ), 1♂ . Thundersley (Essex, Britain), 06.vii.1911, leg. A.T. Stiff. (Fig. 2 ). " Hepialus / hecta / ab. confluens / ByS / Holotypus m // A.T. Stiff, / Thundersley, SX. / July 6. 1911. // ab. confluens / ByS. // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61346 " .

Original locality.

Thundersley [Essex, Britain].

Current status.

Infrasubspecific and hence unavailable name.

Remarks.

Bytinski-Salz (1939) proposed this name as an aberration of a H. hecta , therefore it is deemed to be infrasubspecific, which is hence unavailable (Article 45.6.2, ICZN 1999).

Figures

Figures 1 - 9. 1. Phymatopus hecta ab. inversa (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 2. Phymatopus hecta ab. confluens (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 3. Pharmacis fusconebulosus ab. latefasciatus (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 4. Pharmacis fusconebulosus ab. ornatus (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 5. Hepialus humuli ab. roseoornata (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 6. Hepialus humuli thulensis f. uniformis (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 7. Hepialus humuli thulensis f. albida (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 8. Phymatopus hecta ab. ornata (Bytinski-Salz, 1939); 9. Korscheltellus lupulina ab. latemarginatus (Bytinski-Salz, 1939).