Biston abruptaria maculatissimus (Grünberg, 1910)
| FAMILY | Geometridae |
| SUBFAMILY | Ennominae |
| GENUS | Biston |
| SPECIES | abruptaria |
| SUBSPECIES | maculatissimus |
| AUTHOR | (Grünberg, 1910) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Biston (Buzura) maculatissimus nov. spec. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Uganda], Sesse Islands. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♀, MfN, designated by T. Karisch (2005: 9). |
| STATUS | Subspecies |
| PUBLICATION | Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. - Sitzungsberichten der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1910(3):146-181. |
| PAGINATION | 173-174, fig. 8 |
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| aequinoctialis | (Prout L. B., 1938) | Synonym of subspecies |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | 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 (as aequinoctialis) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Cupressaceae | Cupressus lusitanica | 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 | |
| Rhamnaceae | Maesopsis eminii | 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 |
