Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Boarmiini (tribe)/  Aphilopota (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Butler, 1875)
Citation:	Caberodes interpellans, n. sp.
Original genus:	Caberodes
Publication:	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(4) 16
Issue:	96
Pagination:	417
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128303

Aphilopota interpellans (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, leg. Burrows.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	Angola		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1913a. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. page 575 (as angolaria)
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 89
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 194 (map)
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 417
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	Limpopo	Wanke D., Hausmann A., Lees D. C., Lee K. M., Martin G., Sihvonen P., Staude H. & Rajaei H. 2023. The African endemic species “ Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) belongs to the genus Aphilopota Warren, 1899. page 9
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	Gauteng	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 194 (map)
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 89

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Aphilopota interpellans (Butler, 1875)	Rhynchosia totta	Fabaceae	South Africa	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]. page 52

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Aphilopota angolaria (Bethune-Baker, 1913)	(Bethune-Baker, 1913)	species	Synonym	Haggardia angolaria