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Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see D. S. Fletcher 1967: 69), NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], "Africa mer.", Knysna, leg. R. Trimen. Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 4; pl. 125, fig. 5
Distribution note:

The record of Cameroon (Prout 1932a: 474) needs confirmation.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Cameroon Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 474
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Kenya Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 444 (as acaciaria)
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Mozambique Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 69
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) South Africa Western Cape Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. page legend of pl. 125
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) South Africa Eastern Cape page Q. Grobler
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Uganda Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. page 401
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Zambia Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 69
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 29).

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 URL
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Carissa edulis Apocynaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 29
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Paraserianthes lophantha Fabaceae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1953. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (4th series). page 75
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Rosa sp. Rosaceae South Africa Dickson C. G. C. 1945. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (2nd series). page 151
Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Rotheca myricoides Fabaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. page 29 (as Clerodendron m.)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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