Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Boarmiini (tribe)/  Ascotis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Citation:	G.[eometra] Selenaria
Original genus:	Geometra
Publication:	Denis M. & Schiffermüller I. 1775. Ankündung [sic] eines systematischen Werkes der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum.
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Pagination:	101
URL:	https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10231282_00111.html

Ascotis selenaria (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)		unknown		Types destroyed (see W. Horne & I. Kahle 1933–1937: 243).	Austria	[Austria], near Vienna.	Horn W. & Kahle I. 1935–1937. Über entomologische Sammlungen, Entomologen & Entomo-Museologie. page 101

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Comoros	Grande Comore (Ngazidja)	Herbulot C. 1985a. Sur quelques Geometridae des Comores (Lepidoptera). page 49
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	page N. Voaden
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Madagascar		page ZSM (as eugrapha)
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Somalia		Prout L. B. 1916b. Geometridae. – In: Poulton E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 163
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 87
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	South Africa		Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 277
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 277
Ascotis selenaria eugrapha Herbulot, 1985	Comoros	Grande Comore (Ngazidja)	Herbulot C. 1985a. Sur quelques Geometridae des Comores (Lepidoptera). page 49
Ascotis selenaria eugrapha Herbulot, 1985	Madagascar		page ZSM

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Acrocarpus fraxinifolius	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Cassia sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Cupressus lusitanica	Cupressaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Eucalyptus sp.	Myrtaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. page 91
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Eucalyptus torreliana	Myrtaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Geranium sp.	Geraniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Maesopsis eminii	Rhamnaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Milicia excelsa	Moraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45 (as Chlorophora e.)
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Ricinus sp.	Euphorbiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 45
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Schinus molle	Anacardiaceae	South Africa	Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 87
Ascotis selenaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	Ziziphus mucronata	Rhamnaceae	South Africa	Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 153

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Ascotis selenaria (1)

Ascotis selenaria (2)

Ascotis selenaria eugrapha (1)

Ascotis selenaria eugrapha (2)

Ascotis selenaria eugrapha (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Ascotis selenaria eugrapha Herbulot, 1985	Herbulot, 1985	subspecies	Accepted	Ascotis selenaria eugrapha

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination