Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Sterrhinae
GENUS Rhodometra
SPECIES sacraria
AUTHOR(Linnaeus, 1767)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONP.[halaena] Geometra sacraria
TYPE LOCALITY[North Africa], "Barbaria".
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Rhodometra by L. B. Prout (1935, in Strand, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 68: 433).
PUBLICATION Linnaeus C. 1767. Systema Naturae. Editio Duodecima Reformata. Tom I, Pars II. - — 1(2):533-1327.
PAGINATION 863 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
fulvaria (Fabricius, 1794) Synonym of species
labda (Cramer, 1777) Synonym of species
labdaria (Guenée, 1858) Synonym of species
minervae (Gistel, 1856) Synonym of species
sacralis (Thunberg, 1784) Synonym of species
sanguinaria (Esper, 1801) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Bahrain   Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 61(1):119-141, pls 1-3. 140
Botswana   Prout L. B. 1935a. Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September 1930. The Geometridae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 17(1):1-13. 7
Chad Tibesti Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. - Lambillionea 63(5-8):25-40. 33
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 28(3-4):219-294, pls 17-24. 286
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. 479
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. 136
Kenya   Butler A. G. 1894b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from British East Africa, made by Dr. J. W. Gregory between the months of March and August, 1893. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894:557-593, pls 36-37. 592
Lesotho   Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180. 146
Madagascar   Herbulot C. 1962c. Lépidoptères Géométrides du Djebel Marrah. - Lambillionea 72(7-10):58-60. 58
Malawi   Staude H. S. & Murphy R. J. 2011. The geometrid fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Mount Mulanje, Malawi and the importance of Mount Mulanje as an area of conservation priority. - Metamorphosis 22(2):32-48. 47
Mozambique   Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. 479
Namibia   Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. - In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. - Denkschriften der medizinisch naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16(4):1-370, pls 1-12 [Chapter pagination: 91-146]. 99
Nigeria   Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919-1920. Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 28(2):215-229. 216
Oman   Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... - Journal of Oman Studies Special Rep. 1:155-178. 167
Réunion   Viette P. 1958e. Lépidoptères récoltés à La Réunion par R. Richard, I-II (1957). - Lambillionea 58(5-6):37-44. 39
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 3(15):219-233; (17): 329-343; (18): 415-441. 330
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. 194
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(96):394-420. 419
South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (1883):267-310, pl. 16. 307
Sudan   Herbulot C. 1962b. Nouveaux Geometridae des Seychelles. - Lambillionea 62(3-6):31-33. 58
Tanzania Zanzibar Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. - Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 10(2):207-262. 47
Tanzania   Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 28(3-4):219-294, pls 17-24. 286
Uganda   Butler A. G. 1888b. On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pasha. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888:56-85. 85
United Arab Emirates   Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. - Tribulus 8(2):5-8. 6
Western Sahara   Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. - Alexanor 17:335-382. 361
Yemen   Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 7:283-305, pls. 1-5. 295
Zambia   Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. 479

Notes:  Cosmopolitan. Migrant (see Prout 1935: 433, A. Hausmann & P. Skou 2008: 579).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Undefined Undefined polyphagous   Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. - In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 11:91-250. 125
Anacardiaceae Searsia sp. 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. 375
Asteraceae Anthemis sp. 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. 375
Polygonaceae Polygonum sp. 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. 375
Polygonaceae Rumex sp. 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. 375
Rosaceae Malus pumila 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. 375
Polygonaceae Emex sp. 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. 375
Polygonaceae Oxygonum sp. 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. 375
Polygonaceae Calligonum comosum Tunisia Dumont C. 1926b. Les chenilles du Calligonum comosum, L'Héritier. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 31(19):221-224. 222
Polygonaceae Oxygonum sinuatum 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. 195
Polygonaceae Oxygonum atriplicifolium Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 13 (1936)(3-4):107-131. 130

*   Description of the larva in A. H. L. Townsend (1937: 130).