Xanthorhoe poseata (Geyer, 1837)
| FAMILY | Geometridae |
| SUBFAMILY | Larentiinae |
| GENUS | Xanthorhoe |
| SPECIES | poseata |
| AUTHOR | (Geyer, 1837) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Amoebe Poseata |
| TYPE LOCALITY | South Africa. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Not stated. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Geyer C. 1837b. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter, neuer oder seltener nichteuropäischer Arten (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes) (Fünftes Hundert). - — 5:1-52, pls 1-53. |
| PAGINATION |
46; figs 999, 1000
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Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| colorata | (Walker, 1863) | Synonym of species |
| penetrata | (Walker, 1862) | Synonym of species |
| rudisaria | (Walker, 1862) | Synonym of species |
| umbriferata | (Walker, 1863) | Synonym of species |
| viridicinctata | (Guenée, 1857) | Synonym of species |
| vividata | (Walker, 1862) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180. | 146 | |
| Kenya | Swinhoe C. 1904a. New species of Eastern, Australian and African Heterocera in the national collection. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1904(1):139-158. | 568 | |
| Lesotho | Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180. | 146 | |
| 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 | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 96 | |
| South Africa | Western Cape | 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. | 288 (as viriricinctata) |
| South Africa | Geyer C. 1837b. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter, neuer oder seltener nichteuropäischer Arten (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes) (Fünftes Hundert). - — 5:1-52, pls 1-53. | 46 | |
| 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. | 88 |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | 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. | 381 |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 96 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Asteraceae | Lactuca sativa | South Africa | Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. | 88 |
| Boraginaceae | Heliotropium 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. | 381 |
| Apiaceae | Cyclospermum leptophyllum | 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. | 381 |
| Boraginaceae | Heliotropium arborescens | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 82 (as H. peruvianum) |
