2. Diagnosis
The moth that was placed here till 15. January 2018 was misidentified. We pushed the photo to Chlorocoma pediobates.
2.1. Original description
1-2: Meyrick (1888: 878-879) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]
3. Further information
3.1. Other combinations
- Iodis halochlora [sic] Meyrick, 1888 [original combination]
- Chlorocoma halochlora [sic] [spelled like that by Prout (1934) in Seitz 12]
3.2. Nomenclature
The original spelling is “halochlora” on all pages of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, second series 2 (4) mentioning the species' name: original description on page 878, key p. 873, the essay's index p. 919, and the volume's index p. XVIII. Before learning whether the emendation “haplochlora” is justified or not, we will be keeping the latter one here.
(Jürgen Rodeland)
3.3. Literature
- Original description: Meyrick, E. (1888): Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. II. — The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Second series 2 (4): 835-928.