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Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/ Ennominae (subfamily)/ Macariini (tribe)/ Isturgia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1861)
Citation:	Tephrina deerraria
Original genus:	Tephrina
Publication:	Walker F. 1861b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIII.– Geometrites (continued).
Journal:	—
Volume:	23
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Pagination:	962
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39713876

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Isturgia deerraria (1)

Taxonomic note:

The three other specimens from the type series, 2♂, 1♀, are, in fact, Isturgia exerraria (Prout, 1925) (see M. Krüger 2001a: 100).

Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, designated by M. Krüger (2001a: 97), genitalia slide Geometridae 1951-100♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa.	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 962

DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 11611 BC ZSM Lep 11610 BC ZSM Lep 11609 BC ZSM Lep 11563 BC ZSM Lep 11568 BC ZSM Lep 11543 BC ZSM Lep 11578 BC ZSM Lep 11603 BC ZSM Lep 11577 BC ZSM Lep 11552 BC ZSM Lep 11612

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria, SW Europe (Spain), Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Tunisia.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Algeria	Hoggar and Tassili	Speidel W. & Hassler M. 1989. Die Schmetterlingsfauna der südlichen algerischen Sahara und ihrer Hochgebirge Hoggar und Tassili n'Ajjer (Lepidoptera). page 55
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Angola		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Botswana		Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 511
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	São Vicente	Herbulot C. 1957a. Résultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professeur Dr. Hakan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 12 Lepidoptères Geometridae. page 6
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	Boavista	Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 8
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	Brava	Hausmann A. & Aistleitner E. 2008. The Geometridae of Cape Verde Islands. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	Santiago	Herbulot C. 1957a. Résultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professeur Dr. Hakan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 12 Lepidoptères Geometridae. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	Santo Antão	Herbulot C. 1957a. Résultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professeur Dr. Hakan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 12 Lepidoptères Geometridae. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	São Nicolao	Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 8
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Cabo Verde	Fogo	Traub B. 1987. Die Geometroidea des Kapverdischen Inseln (Insects: Lepidoptera). page 89
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Chad	Tibesti	Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. page 36
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Comoros	Mayotte (Maore)	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 98
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Comoros	Mohéli (Mwali)	Herbulot C. 1956c. Les Hypocoela malgaches. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Comoros	Anjouan (Nzwani)	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 98
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Côte d'Ivoire		Herbulot C. 1957a. Résultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professeur Dr. Hakan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 12 Lepidoptères Geometridae. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Eritrea		Joannis J. de 1913. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea raccolti nel 1902–03 dal Dott. A. Andreini. Lépidoptères. Heterocera. page 138
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Eswatini		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Ethiopia		Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 511
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Gambia		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Ghana		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Kenya		Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 511
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Lesotho		Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 144
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Madagascar		Butler A. G. 1879b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar. page 394
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Malawi		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Mauritius		Bippus M. 2017c. On some Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected in Madagascar and the Mascarene islands. page 19
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Mozambique		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Namibia		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Nigeria		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Oman		Hausmann A. 1998a. New and interesting geometrid moths from the Oman (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 96
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Saudi Arabia		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 99
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Senegal		Herbulot C. 1957a. Résultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professeur Dr. Hakan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 12 Lepidoptères Geometridae. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Seychelles	Aldabra	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 125
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Somalia		Prout L. B. 1916b. Geometridae. – In: Poulton E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 161
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	South Africa		Walker F. 1861b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIII.– Geometrites (continued). page 962
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 419
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 155 (as decraria)
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	South Africa	Gauteng	Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 10 (as "deenaria")
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	South Africa	Limpopo	page ZSM
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Sudan		Prout L. B. 1926b. Zoological results of the Swedish expedition to Central Africa 1911. Insecta. 20. Lepidoptera. Geometridae. page 14
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Tanzania		Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 483
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Togo		Herbulot C. 1957a. Résultats de l'expédition zoologique du Professeur Dr. Hakan Lindberg aux îles du Cap Vert durant l'hiver 1953–54. No 12 Lepidoptères Geometridae. page 7
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 122
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 6
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Western Sahara		Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 362
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Yemen		Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 300
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 468
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 240

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 26–27).

Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia caffra	Fabaceae	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. page 396
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia cyanophylla	Fabaceae	Saudi Arabia	Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 126
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia hirtella	Fabaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 67 (as deeraria)
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia kosiensis	Fabaceae	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. page 395
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia mearnsii	Fabaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 26 (as blak wattle)
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia mearnsii	Fabaceae	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. page 396
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia seyal	Fabaceae		Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 94
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 46
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Acacia sp.	Fabaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 26
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Delonix regia	Caesalpiniaceae	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. page 396
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Dichrostachys cinerea	Fabaceae	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. page 396
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Medicago sativa	Fabaceae		Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 94
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Parkinsonia aculeata	Fabaceae		Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 94
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Peltophorum africanum	Fabaceae	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. page 396
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Peltophorum sp.	Fabaceae	South Africa	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 98
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Senegalia hereoensis	Fabaceae	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. page 395
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Vachellia nilotica	Fabaceae	South Africa	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 98
Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)	Vachellia tortilis	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Isturgia decraria (Fawcett, 1916)	(Fawcett, 1916)	species	Misapplied	Tephrina decraria
Isturgia deercana (Distant, 1892)	(Distant, 1892)	species	Misapplied	Eubolia deercana
Isturgia dissocia (Warren, 1897)	(Warren, 1897)	species	Synonym	Tephrina dissocia
Isturgia nemorivaga (Wallengren, 1872)	(Wallengren, 1872)	species	Synonym	Tephrina nemorivaga