Chiasmia amarata amarata (Guenée, 1858)
| FAMILY | Geometridae |
| SUBFAMILY | Ennominae |
| GENUS | Chiasmia |
| SPECIES | amarata |
| SUBSPECIES | amarata |
| AUTHOR | (Guenée, 1858) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Macaria Amarata Gn. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Brazil [ex errore, see M. Krüger 2001a: 171; Guenée wrote: "Je l'ai eue comme venant du Brésil; mais je la crois plutôt indienne"]. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Subspecies |
| PUBLICATION | Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. - — 10:1-584. |
| PAGINATION | 88 |
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| amandata | Warren, 1904 | Synonym of subspecies |
| cataleucaria | (Mabille, 1898) | Synonym of subspecies |
| lataria | (Walker, 1861) | Synonym of subspecies |
| leighi | (Warren, 1904) | Synonym of subspecies |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1. | 727 (as lataria) | |
| Mozambique | Mabille P. 1898. Description de Lépidoptères nouveaux. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 66 (1897)(2-3):182-231, pl. 9. | 229 (as cataleucaria) | |
| South Africa | Warren W. 1904b. New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian Region. - Novitates Zoologicae 11:461-482. | 478 (as leighi) | |
| Zambia | Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. | 468 (as lataria) |
Host Plants
Unknown
