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Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Boarmiini (tribe)/  Xylopteryx (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Guenée, 1858
Citation:Xylopteryx Protearia Gn.
Original genus:Xylopteryx
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:215–216; pl. 4, fig. 8
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9812267
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Xylopteryx protearia (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Syntype ♂ MNHN Syntypes 4♂, 3♀, MNHN (see P. Viette 1950b: 202). South Africa South Africa, Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope, 1837, leg. Verreaux. Viette P. 1950b. Sur quelques espèces de Geométrides décrites par Guenée (1857). page 215–216; pl. 4, fig. 8
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Fletcher D. S. 1963a. Exploration du Parc National Albert (deuxième série). 1. Geometridae; 2. Noctuidae. page 31
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Eswatini Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 202 (map)
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Ethiopia Debauche H. R. 1937. Entomological expedition to Abyssinia, 1926–27: Lepidoptera, Geometridae. page 339 (as versicolor)
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Kenya Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 526 (as versicolor)
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 South Africa Western Cape 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 216
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 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 398
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 South Africa Mpumalanga Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 202 (map)
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 South Africa Limpopo Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 283
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 283
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Tanzania Fletcher D. S. 1958c. Geometridae from Tanganyika collected by Dr. Christa Lindemann and Nina Pavlitzki. page 139 (as versicolor)
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 135 (as versicolor)
Xylopteryx protearia Guenée, 1858 Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 89
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
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Xylopteryx africana (Warren, 1911) (Warren, 1911) species Synonym Alcis africana
Xylopteryx albimedia (Warren, 1902) (Warren, 1902) species Misapplied Scotopteryx albimedia
Xylopteryx figurata (Warren, 1902) (Warren, 1902) species Misapplied Scotopteryx figurata
Xylopteryx lucidiscata (Walker, 1863) (Walker, 1863) species Synonym Scotosia lucidiscata
Xylopteryx versicolor (Warren, 1902) (Warren, 1902) species Synonym Scotopteryx versicolor