Micropus Hübner, 1818

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Rank:	Genus
Spelling:	Micropus
Authorship:	Hübner
Publication:	Hübner, Jacob. 1818 Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. Erstes hundert. Der Verfasser, Augsburg.: 1-32, [1-8], pls.[1-35] figs.1-200.
Page:	24
Type Species:	Micropus longalis Hübner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett., pt.1, p.24, pl.[23], figs.131-132 by subsequent designation by Prout, 1934, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, pt.61, p.130 ------------------------- Micropus Hübner, 1818 is a junior homonym of Micropus Wolf, 1810, both names are placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names (Opinion 502) The objective replacement name for Micropus Hübner, 1818 is Smicropus Warren, 1895, Novit. zool., v.2, p.85 (Nye, 1975, Generic names of moths of the world, v.1, p.452)