Acidromodes nilotica (Wiltshire, 1985)

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Geometrinae
GENUS Acidromodes
SPECIES nilotica
AUTHOR(Wiltshire, 1985)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAcidaliastis nilotica sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Sudan], Africa, Blue Nile Province, Wad Medani, 03.viii.1962, leg. R. Remane.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 294♂ [= ZSM 6858♂], ZSM; Paratypes 3♂, genitalia slides BMNH 9468♂, E. P. Wiltshire 346♂, ZSM, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Wiltshire E. P. 1985c. New Geometridae from Africa, with a list of additions to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Sudan (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). - Entomofauna 6(2):9-22.
PAGINATION 11-13, figs 1, 2; pl., figs 3, 4

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
legraini Hausmann, 1999 Subspecies
nilotica (Wiltshire, 1985) Subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Ethiopia   Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. - In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana 20:61-138. 71
Saudi Arabia   Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 7:283-305, pls. 1-5. 288 (as legraini)
Sudan   Wiltshire E. P. 1985c. New Geometridae from Africa, with a list of additions to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Sudan (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). - Entomofauna 6(2):9-22. 11
Yemen   Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 7:283-305, pls. 1-5. 288 (as legraini)

Host Plants

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