Chiasmia warreni (Prout L. B., 1915)

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Ennominae
GENUS Chiasmia
SPECIES warreni
AUTHOR(Prout L. B., 1915)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONOsteodes warreni nom. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Kenya], British East Africa, Escarpment, 6500-9000 ft, i.1901, leg. W. Doherty.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Geometridae 9677♂, BMNH; Paratypes 3♂, 1♀, BMNH (see M. Krüger 2001a: 230).
STATUS Species
COMMENTMisidentified as exumbrata Walker, 1863 by Warren, 1902. Replacement name for Osteodes exumbrata Warren, 1902. Transferred to Chiasmia by M. J. Scoble & M. Krüger (2002: 305).
PUBLICATION Prout L. B. 1915a. New genera and species of African Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 22:311-385.
PAGINATION 349

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Prout L. B. 1915a. New genera and species of African Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 22:311-385. 349
Tanzania   Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. - Acta Zoologica Hungarica 24(1-2):41-105, pl. 1. 72

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
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