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Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Larentiinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedLarentiinae (tribe)/  Trimetopia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Guenée, 1858
Citation:Trimetopia Aetheraria Gn.
Original genus:Trimetopia
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1858a. In: Boisduval J. A. B. & Guenée A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I.
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Volume:9
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Pagination:352; pl. 5, fig. 9
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9812404
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Lectotype ♂ MNHN Lectotype ♂, MNHN Ethiopia Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. Viette P. 1950b. Sur quelques espèces de Geométrides décrites par Guenée (1857). page 352; pl. 5, fig. 9
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Lectotype ♀ MNHN Paralectotype ♀, MNHN (see P. Viette 1950b: 203). Ethiopia Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. Viette P. 1950b. Sur quelques espèces de Geométrides décrites par Guenée (1857). page 352; pl. 5, fig. 9
Distribution note:

All records outside of Ethiopia refer to other Trimetopia species; T. aetheraria seems to be endemic to the Ethiopian highlands (see D. Stadie & R. Fiebig 2019: 79).

Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Trimetopia Guenée, [1858] (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Angola Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 464
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Cameroon Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 121
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Chad Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 464
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Fletcher D. S. 1955. Geometridae. Exploration du Parc Naturel d'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte 1946–1949. page 89
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Prout L. B. 1926b. Zoological results of the Swedish expedition to Central Africa 1911. Insecta. 20. Lepidoptera. Geometridae. page 12
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Ethiopia Guenée A. M. 1858a. In: Boisduval J. A. B. & Guenée A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I. page 352
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Kenya Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 71
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Malawi Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 464
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 98
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Tanzania Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 575
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Uganda Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 464
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 98
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Zimbabwe Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 128
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Ampelopsis sp. Vitaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 195
Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 Vitis sp. Vitaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 195
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination