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Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/ Ennominae (subfamily)/ UnassignedEnnominae (tribe)/ Rhodophthitus (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Warren, 1897)
Citation:	Nothabraxas commaculata sp. nov.
Original genus:	Nothabraxas
Publication:	Warren W. 1897b. New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae and Geometridae in the Tring Museum.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	4
Issue:
Pagination:	88–89
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3219190

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Rhodophthitus commaculata (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Tanzania	[Tanzania], E Africa, Mpwapwa.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Kenya		Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 535
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 83
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	South Africa	Limpopo	page H. Roland
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	South Africa		Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 159
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Tanzania		Warren W. 1897b. New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 88
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Uganda		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 83
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 83
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1932. The moths of South Africa. Volume I. Sematuridae and Geometridae. page 159

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 216).

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
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Lantana sp.	Verbenaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 46
Rhodophthitus commaculata (Warren, 1897)	Lantana sp.	Verbenaceae	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 216

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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