Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Boarmiini (tribe)/  Xylopteryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Guenée, 1858)
Citation:	Boarmia Emunctaria Gn.
Original genus:	Boarmia
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.
Journal:	—
Volume:	9
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Pagination:	244
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9812296

Xylopteryx emunctaria (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Holotype	♀	MNHN	Holotype ♀, in poor condition (see A. Guenée 1858a: 244, Warren 1902b: 526), MNHN.	Ethiopia	Ethiopia, Abyssinia.	Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 244

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Central African Republic		Sircoulomb G. 2013a. Les Geometridae du parc national de Dzanga Ndoki (R.C.A.) : inventaire et description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Microlyces Herbulot, 1981 (Lepidoptera) (1° contribution). page 36
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Eritrea		Prout L. B. 1926c. New Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 182
Xylopteryx emunctaria (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 244
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Kenya		Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 526
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 309
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Uganda		Debauche H. R. 1937. Entomological expedition to Abyssinia, 1926–27: Lepidoptera, Geometridae. page 339

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 218–219).

Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Gymnosporia buxifolia	Celastraceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 218 (as interposita)
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Maytenus buxifolia	Celastraceae	Saudi Arabia	Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 130
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Maytenus heterophylla	Celastraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 195 (as interposita)
Xylopteryx emunctaria (Guenée, 1858)	Maytenus heterophylla	Celastraceae	Saudi Arabia	Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 130

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Xylopteryx emunctaria (1)

Xylopteryx emunctaria (2)

Xylopteryx emunctaria (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Xylopteryx interposita (Warren, 1902)	(Warren, 1902)	species	Synonym	Scotopteryx interposita