Discomiosis arciocentra Prout L. B., 1922
FAMILY | Geometridae |
SUBFAMILY | Sterrhinae |
GENUS | Discomiosis |
SPECIES | arciocentra |
AUTHOR | Prout L. B., 1922 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Discomiosis arciocentra sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Zululand, Eshowe, 06.i.1916, leg. A. J. T. Janse. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, TMSA; Paratype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Prout L. B. 1922c. Geometridae. - In: Prout, L. B. & Prout, A. E., New South African Heterocera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(3):149-186, pl. 1. |
PAGINATION | 155-156 |
Species pictures




Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Prout L. B. 1922c. Geometridae. - In: Prout, L. B. & Prout, A. E., New South African Heterocera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(3):149-186, pl. 1. | 156 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. | 163 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malvaceae | Grewia occidentalis | South Africa | 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. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410. | 374 |
Peraceae | Clutia pulchella | South Africa | 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. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410. | 374 |