Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)
FAMILY | Geometridae |
SUBFAMILY | Ennominae |
GENUS | Isturgia |
SPECIES | exerraria |
AUTHOR | (Prout L. B., 1925) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Tephrina exerraria sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Province, Clanwilliam, xi.1899. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -32°10'0" Longitude: 18°53'0" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♀, designated by M. Krüger (2001a: 96), SAMC; Paralectotype 1♀, SAMC. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Prout L. B. 1925d. New species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the collections of the South African Museum. - Annals of the South African Museum 19(4):579–600, pls 16–17. |
PAGINATION | 593–594; pl. 17, fig. 20 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). - Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(1):4–8. | 7 | |
Sierra Leone | New record (R. Revell) | ||
South Africa | Western Cape | Prout L. B. 1925d. New species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the collections of the South African Museum. - Annals of the South African Museum 19(4):579–600, pls 16–17. | 594 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365–410. | 395 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia drepanolobium | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). - Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(1):4–8. | 7 |
Fabaceae | Acacia seyal | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). - Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(1):4–8. | 7 |
Fabaceae | Acacia tortilis | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. 2011. The Lepidoptera of Acacia domatia in Kenya, with description of two new genera and six new species. - Journal of Natural History 45(29–30):1867–1893. | 1875 |
Fabaceae | Aspalathus linearis | South Africa | Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i–xiv, 1–785. | 299 |
Fabaceae | Acacia karroo | South Africa | Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365–410. | 395 |
Species Parasitoids
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION |
Braconidae | Parapanteles rooibos | South Africa | Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i–xiv, 1–785. |
Diptera: Tachinidae | Exorista sorbilans | South Africa | Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i–xiv, 1–785. |