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Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)

Permalink:	IDAEAFRI
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/ Sterrhinae (subfamily)/ Sterrhini (tribe)/ Idaea (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Wiltshire, 1949)
Citation:	Sterrha mimetes africarabica subsp.nov.
Original genus:	Sterrha
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1949b. The Lepidoptera of the kingdom of Egypt, part 2.
Journal:	Bulletin of the Society Fouad I Entomology
Volume:	33
Issue:
Pagination:	408–409, figs 90, 91, 96

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Idaea africarabica (1)

Taxonomic note:

Raised to species status by E. P. Wiltshire (1994: 118).

Wiltshire E. P. 1994. Arabian Lepidoptera: a supplement to the Catalogue of Saudi Arabian Macro-Heterocera.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia SW, Goz, Tihama of Asir, 27.iii.1948, leg. B. P. Uvarov & A. P. Waterston.
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Allotype	♂	NHMUK	Allotype ♂, genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 384♂, NHMUK	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia SW, Goz, Tihama of Asir, 27.iii.1948, leg. B. P. Uvarov & A. P. Waterston.
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes ♂, ♀, number not stated, genitalia slide WA 114, NHMUK.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia SW, Goz, Tihama of Asir, 27.iii.1948, leg. B. P. Uvarov & A. P. Waterston.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Egypt.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1949b. The Lepidoptera of the kingdom of Egypt, part 2. page 112
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Yemen	Socotra	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 94 (as khameesi)
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Yemen	Samha	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 94 (as khameesi)
Idaea africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Yemen		Hausmann A. 2006. The geometrid moth species from Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 15
Idaea africarabica africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1949b. The Lepidoptera of the kingdom of Egypt, part 2. page 112
Idaea africarabica africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	Yemen		Hausmann A. 2006. The geometrid moth species from Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 15
Idaea africarabica khameesi Hausmann, 2009	Yemen	Socotra	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 94
Idaea africarabica khameesi Hausmann, 2009	Yemen	Samha	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 94

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Idaea africarabica africarabica (Wiltshire, 1949)	(Wiltshire, 1949)	subspecies	Accepted	Sterrha africarabica africarabica
Idaea africarabica khameesi Hausmann, 2009	Hausmann, 2009	subspecies	Accepted	Idaea africarabica khameesi
Idaea africarabica marjahensis Wiltshire, 1990	Wiltshire, 1990	subspecies	Synonym	Idaea africarabica marjahensis

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination