Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Macariini (tribe)/  Chiasmia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1861)
Citation:	Panagra semitecta
Original genus:	Panagra
Publication:	Walker F. 1861b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIII.– Geometrites (continued).
Journal:	—
Volume:	23
Issue:
Pagination:	987
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39713901

Chiasmia semitecta (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, leg. R. Trimen.

Distribution note:

The record of Gambia (H. Druce 1887a: 504) as gnophosata is probably a misidentification.

Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)	Gambia		Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 504 (as gnophosata)
Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)	Lesotho		Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 139
Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)	South Africa		Walker F. 1861b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIII.– Geometrites (continued). page 987
Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 395

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Chiasmia semitecta (Walker, 1861)	Helichrysum sp.	Asteraceae	South Africa	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 139

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Chiasmia semitecta (1)

Chiasmia semitecta (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Chiasmia gnophosata (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Macaria gnophosata