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Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Sterrhinae (subfamily)/  Scopulini (tribe)/  Problepsis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Kirby, 1896
Citation:Problepsis digammata, nom. nov.
Original genus:Problepsis
Publication:Kirby W. F. 1896. On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(6) 18
Issue:107
Pagination:396
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211345
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Problepsis digammata (1)
Taxonomic note:

Replacement name for Problepsis digammata, Warren, MS. Problepsis digammata Warren was published in 1897 (Novitates Zoologicae 4: 59).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban].
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Cameroon page ZSM
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Ethiopia Debauche H. R. 1937. Entomological expedition to Abyssinia, 1926–27: Lepidoptera, Geometridae. page 328
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Kenya Prout L. B. 1917c. New African Geometridae. page 431
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Rwanda page ZSM
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Sierra Leone Prout L. B. 1917c. New African Geometridae. page 431
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 160
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 South Africa Limpopo page TMSA
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. page 59
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 South Africa Eastern Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 99
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Tanzania Karsch F. 1898b. Über die auf der Irangi-Expedition gesammelten Orthoptera und Lepidoptera. – In: Werther C. W. Die mittleren Hochländer der nördlichen Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. page 312
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Prout L. B. 1917c. New African Geometridae. page 431
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Tanzania Pemba Prout L. B. 1917c. New African Geometridae. page 431
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Uganda Kirby W. F. 1896. On a collection of moths from East Africa formed by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, Medical Officer to the Uganda Administration. page 396
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 99
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 99
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896 Jasminum sambac Oleaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194 (as J. pubescens)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Problepsis digammata Warren, 1897 Warren, 1897 species Misapplied Problepsis digammata