Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)

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Permalink:	SCOTCRSP
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Larentiinae (subfamily)/  Xanthorhoini (tribe)/  Scotopteryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1863)
Citation:	Eubolia cryptospilata
Original genus:	Eubolia
Publication:	Walker F. 1863a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVI.– Geometrites (continued).
Journal:	—
Volume:	26 (1962)
Issue:
Pagination:	1738
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38947468

Scotopteryx cryptospilata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, leg. R. Trimen.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	Lesotho		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 95
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	South Africa	Western Cape	Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 68
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	South Africa		Walker F. 1863a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVI.– Geometrites (continued). page 1738
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	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. page 381
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	South Africa	Free State	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 381
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	South Africa	Northern Cape	page J. Heyns
Scotopteryx cryptospilata (Walker, 1863)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 95

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Scotopteryx cryptospilata (1)

Scotopteryx cryptospilata (2)

Scotopteryx cryptospilata (3)

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