Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917

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Permalink:	EUPIINFX
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Larentiinae (subfamily)/  Eupitheciini (tribe)/  Eupithecia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Prout L. B., 1917
Citation:	Eupithecia infelix spec. nov.
Original genus:	Eupithecia
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1917c. New African Geometridae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	24
Issue:
Pagination:	434–435
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3151743

Eupithecia infelix (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, Transvaal, leg. A. J. Cholmley.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Eswatini		Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 160 (map)
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 44
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	South Africa	Limpopo	Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 44
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	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 383
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	South Africa	Western Cape	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 160
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	South Africa	Free State	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 160 (map)
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	South Africa	Gauteng	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 160 (map)
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Prout L. B. 1917c. New African Geometridae. page 435
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Tanzania		Fletcher D. S. 1958c. Geometridae from Tanganyika collected by Dr. Christa Lindemann and Nina Pavlitzki. page 131
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Zimbabwe		Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 160 (map)

Plant note:

Caterpillars polyphagous on various low-growing plants in undergrowth, including ferns (see H. S. Staude et al. (2023: 160).

Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Bauhinia variegata	Fabaceae	South Africa	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 383
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Delairea odorata	Asteraceae	South Africa	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 383
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Grewia occidentalis	Malvaceae	South Africa	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 383
Eupithecia infelix Prout L. B., 1917	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined	South Africa	Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 160

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