Cleora tulbaghata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

FAMILY	Geometridae
SUBFAMILY	Ennominae
GENUS	Cleora
SPECIES	tulbaghata
AUTHOR	(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Boarmia tulbaghata F. & R.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Western Cape], "Africa mer.", Knysna, leg. R. Trimen.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, abdomen missing (see D. S. Fletcher 1967: 69), BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.
PAGINATION	4; pl. 125, fig. 5

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Cameroon		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.	474
Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. - — :387-482, pls 40-43.	444 (as acaciaria)
Mozambique		Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) Supplement 8:1-119.	69
South Africa	Western Cape	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.	legend of pl. 125
Uganda		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
Zambia		Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) Supplement 8:1-119.	69

Notes: The record of Cameroon (Prout 1932a: 474) needs confirmation.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Rosaceae	Rosa sp.	South Africa	Dickson C. G. C. 1945. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (2nd series). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 8(2):150-153.	151
Fabaceae	Paraserianthes lophantha	South Africa	Dickson C. G. C. 1953. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (4th series). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 16(1):73-76.	75
Apocynaceae	Carissa edulis	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 18(1-2):15-31.	29
Fabaceae	Rotheca myricoides	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 18(1-2):15-31.	29 (as Clerodendron m.)

* Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 29).