Eupithecia rubristigma Prout L. B., 1932
FAMILY | Geometridae |
SUBFAMILY | Larentiinae |
GENUS | Eupithecia |
SPECIES | rubristigma |
AUTHOR | Prout L. B., 1932 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Eupithecia rubristigma n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya Colony, Mt Kenya, open meadows between the Anboni and Naremuru Rivers, 1900-2200 m, st. 36 & 50, i-ii.1912. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, MNHN. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. - Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 29(5):375-512. |
PAGINATION | 452-453 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Ethiopia | Fletcher D. S. 1958c. Geometridae from Tanganyika collected by Dr. Christa Lindemann and Nina Pavlitzki. - Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 5:119-143, pls 1-5. | 131 | |
Kenya | Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. - Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 29(5):375-512. | 452 | |
Tanzania | Fletcher D. S. 1958c. Geometridae from Tanganyika collected by Dr. Christa Lindemann and Nina Pavlitzki. - Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 5:119-143, pls 1-5. | 131 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | 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 |