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 37123 10.5281/zenodo.275866 bfdc24a8-b88c-42df-a177-4e25803425b4 1175-5326 275866 Polythlipta DIVARICATA Moore, 1886 The Lepidoptera of Ceylon , Vol. 3 , part xii, 1–578 [311], pl. 179: fig. 16. Syntype , female, pinned: Specimen data : “ CeylonversoPolythlipta | Divaricata | type Moore” [Handwritten]. “BM. duplate | 1912-53 | 1594” [Printed] versoPolythlipta | divaricata, Moore” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw)]. “Syn | type ” [Round, red-bordered label]. Remarks : The species is illustrated in colour on Pl. 179: fig. 16 ( Moore 1886 ). It was received from BM(NH) as a syntype in 1912. The dates of publication of various parts of Moore’s paper are discussed by Griffin (1939) .