Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Ennominae
GENUS Biston
SPECIES abruptaria
AUTHOR(Walker, 1869)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONBoarmia abruptaria
TYPE LOCALITY[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7.
PAGINATION 374 Bhl

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
austroccidentalis Karisch, 2005 Subspecies
mpalaria (Oberthür, 1913) Subspecies
maculatissimus (Grünberg, 1910) Subspecies
abruptaria (Walker, 1869) Subspecies
aequinoctialis (Prout L. B., 1938) Synonym of subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Karisch T. 2005a. Die afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Biston. - Lambillionea 105(Supplement II):1-35. 10
Cameroon   Karisch T. 2005a. Die afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Biston. - Lambillionea 105(Supplement II):1-35. 9
Central African Republic   Sircoulomb G. 2013a. Les Geometridae du parc national de Dzanga Ndoki (R.C.A.) : inventaire et description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Microlyces Herbulot, 1981 (Lepidoptera) (1° contribution). - Entomologia Africana 18(1):29-36. 35
Congo   Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325-378, pls 5-7. 374
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Strand E. 1918c. Über einige Heterocera der Familien Arctiidae, Lymantriidae, Geometridae, Saturniidae, Lasiocampidae, Pyralididae [sic] und Aegeriidae aus Belgisch Kongo. - Entomologische Rundschau 35(7-12):28, 32, 35-36, 41-42, 45-46. 32 (as mpalaria)
Equatorial Guinea Bioko Karisch T. 2001a. Zur Geometridenfauna von Bioko (Lepidoptera; Geometridae). - Lambillionea 101(1):161-184. 181
Ghana     J. Jörpeland
Guinea   Herbulot C. 1954b. Lépidoptères Géométrides de la reserve naturelle intégrale du Mont Nimba. Lépidoptères Géométrides. - Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire 40(2):301-333, pl. 1. 311
Kenya   Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-12. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915(1):91-113, pls 1-2. 112
Nigeria   Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1904(3):497-590. 528
Sierra Leone   Karisch T. 2005a. Die afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Biston. - Lambillionea 105(Supplement II):1-35. 9
Tanzania   Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Uganda Ssese Islands Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. - Sitzungsberichten der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1910(3):146-181. 155
Uganda   Herbulot C. 1954b. Lépidoptères Géométrides de la reserve naturelle intégrale du Mont Nimba. Lépidoptères Géométrides. - Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire 40(2):301-333, pl. 1. 311
Zimbabwe   Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. - East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 36:401-413. 401 (as maculatissimus)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Cupressaceae Cupressus lusitanica Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Fabaceae Albizia sp. Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Myrtaceae Eucalyptus sp. Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Pinaceae Pinus patula Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Rhamnaceae Maesopsis eminii Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Myrtaceae Eucalyptus torreliana Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Fabaceae Paraserianthes falcataria Congo, BR Parsons M. S., Scoble M. J., Honey M. R., Pitkin L. M. & Pitkin B. R. 1999. Geometrid moths of the world. A catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). [Edited by M. J. Scoble]. - — 2 volumes:i-xxv, 1-482, 483-1016, index: 1-129. 85
Cupressaceae Cupressus lusitanica 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
Fabaceae Albizia sp. 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
Rhamnaceae Maesopsis eminii 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