Discomiosis arciocentra Prout L. B., 1922

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Sterrhinae
GENUS Discomiosis
SPECIES arciocentra
AUTHORProut L. B., 1922
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONDiscomiosis 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 PUBLICATIONPAGE
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