Chlorerythra rubriplaga Warren, 1895

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Sterrhinae
GENUS Chlorerythra
SPECIES rubriplaga
AUTHORWarren, 1895
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONChlorerythra rubriplaga sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes ♂, ♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Warren W. 1895a. New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 2:82-159.
PAGINATION 91

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
extenuata Prout L. B., 1932 Subspecies
sinaica Wiltshire, 1949 Subspecies
rubriplaga Warren, 1895 Subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Botswana   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 98
Chad Tibesti Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. - Lambillionea 63(5-8):25-40. 29 (as sinaica)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga   N. Voaden
Ethiopia     ZSM (as extenuata)
Kenya   Prout L. B. 1932d. On the Geometridae of the expedition of Ch. Alluaud and R. Jeannel to Central Africa. - Novitates Zoologicae 38(1):11-12. 11 (as extenuata)
Malawi   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 98
Mozambique   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 98
Saudi Arabia   Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. - In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179-240. 193 (as sinaica)
Somalia   Prout L. B. 1916b. Geometridae. - In: Poulton E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91-182, pls 1-2. 148
South Africa Limpopo Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. 138
South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 9(1):45-48. 48
South Africa Gauteng Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. 138
South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 98
South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. 138
South Africa   Warren W. 1895a. New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 2:82-159. 91
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. 138
Tanzania   Prout L. B. 1932d. On the Geometridae of the expedition of Ch. Alluaud and R. Jeannel to Central Africa. - Novitates Zoologicae 38(1):11-12. 11 (as extenuata)
Yemen   Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 7:283-305, pls. 1-5. 295 (as sinaica)
Zimbabwe   Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. 138

Notes:  Palaearctic: Egypt (Sinai).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Acacia tortilis Kenya Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). - Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(1):4-8. 6 (as extenuata)
Fabaceae Acacia mellifera Kenya Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). - Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(1):4-8. 6 (as extenuata)
Fabaceae Acacia karroo South Africa Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 9(1):45-48. 48
Fabaceae Acacia xanthophloea East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 194
Fabaceae Acacia xanthophloea Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 18(1-2):15-31. 29

*   Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 29-30).