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Petovia marginata Walker, 1854

Permalink:	PETOMARG
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/ Oenochrominae (subfamily)/ Petovia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1854
Citation:	Petovia marginata
Original genus:	Petovia
Publication:	Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
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Pagination:	560
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418572

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Petovia marginata (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 3♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. Gueinzius.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	page N. Voaden
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Eswatini		page K. Braun
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Kenya		Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12. page 112 (as dichroaria)
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Malawi		Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. page 31 (as uniformis)
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Mozambique		Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page 4
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	South Africa	Gauteng	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 198
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 560
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Tanzania		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 (as dichroaria)
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Uganda		Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page 4
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 93

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Combretum sp.	Combretaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 193
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Ochna pulchra	Ochnaceae	South Africa	Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 408
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Phyllanthus discoideus	Euphorbiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 193
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Vangueria infausta	Rubiaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 97 (as dichroaria)
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Vangueria madagascariensis	Rubiaceae	South Africa	Reynolds C. R. 2018. Observations on the rearing of Petovia marginata Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Oenochrominae) page 1
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Vangueria sp.	Rubiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 193
Petovia marginata Walker, 1854	Vangueriopsis sp.	Rubiaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 93

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
Petovia amatonga (Vuillot, 1892)	(Vuillot, 1892)	species	Synonym	Neurophana amatonga
Petovia dichroaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1854	Herrich-Schäffer, 1854	species	Synonym	Petovia dichroaria
Petovia equatorialis Prout L. B., 1930	Prout L. B., 1930	species	Synonym	Petovia equatorialis
Petovia incertaria (Guenée, 1858)	(Guenée, 1858)	species	Synonym	Neurophana incertaria
Petovia patrisaloysii Grünberg, 1907	Grünberg, 1907	species	Synonym	Petovia patrisaloysii
Petovia perversaria Gaede, 1917	Gaede, 1917	species	Synonym	Petovia perversaria
Petovia uniformis (Warren, 1897)	(Warren, 1897)	species	Synonym	Victoria uniformis