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Taxon: Family "Geometrida" Leach, 1815, orth. inval. (moth)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  [Leach, 1815], orth. imperf.
Original name:  [Leach, 1815]. In Brewster's Edinburgh Ency. 9 (1): 134.

Attributes

Incorrectly formed family-group suffix (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 32.5.3.1] Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: 258, 260. [inferred]
Incorrect original spelling (orth. inval: orth. null./imperf./neg.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 32.4-32.5] Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: 260 ("Invalid Original Spelling"); 258.
Name placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.7] Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: Ruling (7)(e) (p. 260: "Name No. 144"). [new]

Variants

Subsequent spelling: Geometridae (Family) Leach, 1815 Ref: ICZN, 1957: 258, 260.
Correct spelling: Geometridae (Family) Leach, 1815 Ref: ICZN, 1957: 258, 260.
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