Aphrophora punctata [sic] Millet, 1850 in Millet de Turtaudière, 1864: 462.
Aphrophora punctata [sic] Millet, 1850 (misspelling of Aphrophora bipunctata Millet, 1850) in Millet de Turtaudière, 1864: 462.
Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896a: 287.
Aphrophora alpina Melichar, 1900b: 58.
Syntypes (n= 3); male; 833686a1-5627-4c1c-aeed-12efd1dd9fa7; deposited at: Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum], Brno, Czechia (MMBC); Austria: Tyrol; collected by H. Friese on July 20, 1899, at the edge of the Lanser Moor, between the village of Vill and Lake Lans, approx. 1000 m elevation. Syntypes (n= 9); female; 2d48d5ea-7f7c-4b99-a3a0-b847eccb4143; deposited at: Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum], Brno, Czechia (MMBC); Austria: Tyrol; collected by H. Friese on July 20, 1899, at the edge of the Lanser Moor, between the village of Vill and Lake Lans, approx. 1000 m elevation
Aphrophora alpina Melichar, 1900 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Matsumura, 1903a: 32.
Cercopis major (Uhler, 1896) in Lallemand, 1912a: 60.
Aphrophora myricae Edwards, 1926a: 52.
Aphrophora myricae Edwards, 1926 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in China, 1938b: 193.
Aphrophora koreana Matsumura, 1940a: 72.
Holotype; male; 01309ab7-f700-4de1-8135-1b4ff45c11ad; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); Japan, Honshu: Shakuoji, Taisho, 10.VIII.1921
Yezophora kurilensis Matsumura, 1940a: 62.
Holotype; male; 44f6c6d9-604b-437b-a4fb-afc45425afaa; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); Russia: Yabetsu, Kunashiri, Kuriles, 22-25.VII.1935 ('22-25.XII.1935' in the date reference), T. Uchida
Yezophora leukasikini Matsumura, 1942b: 98.
Holotype; male; 7c6ba50b-2501-4496-ba70-d7da11b56563; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); China, Heilongjiang: Harbin, A. Leukasikin
Yezophora sachalina Matsumura, 1942b: 98.
Holotype; male; edaecbbf-e753-484d-a5a2-94d72b763e26; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); Russia: Mt. Totso, Saghalien, Japan, 29-July-1938, Coll. Hitoshi Hasegawa
Yezophora satoi Matsumura, 1942b: 99.
Holotype; male; 25d0c9fe-aa84-4015-a16d-5bc102ec8961; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); China, Inner Mongolia: Holonbairu, Yakeshi, 9.VIII.1940, T. Sato
Yezophora koreana (Matsumura, 1940) in Matsumura, 1942a: 68.
Europhora alpina (Melichar, 1900) in Matsumura, 1942a: 51.
Europhora major (Uhler, 1896) in Matsumura, 1942b: 73.
Yezophora major (Uhler, 1896) in Matsumura, 1942b: 97.
Yezophora kurilensis Matsumura, 1940 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora flavomaculata Matsumura, 1904) in Ishihara, 1966a: 33.
Aphrophora alpina Melichar, 1900 in Nast, 1972a: 168.
Aphrophora myricae Edwards, 1926 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora alpina Melichar, 1900) in Nast, 1972a: 168.
Aphrophora kurilensis (Matsumura, 1940) in Lee & Kwon, 1979a: 15.
Yezophora kurilensis Matsumura, 1940 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Komatsu, 1997c: 505.
Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896 in Liang, 1998: 247.
Aphrophora koreana Matsumura, 1940 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Liang, 1998: 248.
Yezophora leukasikini Matsumura, 1942 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Liang, 1998: 248.
Yezophora sachalina Matsumura, 1942 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Liang, 1998: 248.
Yezophora satoi Matsumura, 1942 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Liang, 1998: 248.
Aphrophora bipunctata Millet, 1850 (forgotten primary homonym of Aphrophora bipunctata Melichar, 1902) in Cherpitel, 2026: 38.
Aphrophora bipunctata Millet, 1850 (nomen oblitum of Aphrophora major Uhler, 1896) in Cherpitel, 2026: 38.
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