Rhodometra plectaria (Guenée, 1857)
FAMILY | Geometridae |
SUBFAMILY | Sterrhinae |
GENUS | Rhodometra |
SPECIES | plectaria |
AUTHOR | (Guenée, 1857) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Sterrha plectaria |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Ethiopia], Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, MNHN; Paratype 1♀, MNHN (see P. Viette 1950b: 205); Guenée mentioned many specimens "beaucoup d'exemplaires". |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. - — 10:1-584. |
PAGINATION | 176-177; pl. 8, fig. 7 |
Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Eritrea | Joannis J. de 1913. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea raccolti nel 1902-03 dal Dott. A. Andreini. Lépidoptères. Heterocera. - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 44 (1912):115-147. | 137 | |
Ethiopia | Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. - — 10:1-584. | 176 | |
Kenya | Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1. | 730 |
Host Plants
Unknown