Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Ennominae (subfamily)/  Macariini (tribe)/  Isturgia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Prout L. B., 1925)
Citation:	Tephrina exerraria sp. nov.
Original genus:	Tephrina
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1925d. New species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the collections of the South African Museum.
Journal:	Annals of the South African Museum
Volume:	19
Issue:	4
Pagination:	593–594; pl. 17, fig. 20
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40678144
Name(English):	Rooibos looper

Isturgia exerraria (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Lectotype	♀	SAMC	Lectotype ♀, designated by M. Krüger (2001a: 96), SAMC	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Province, Clanwilliam, xi.1899.	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 593–594; pl. 17, fig. 20
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Lectotype	♀	SAMC	Paralectotype 1♀, SAMC.	South Africa	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Province, Clanwilliam, xi.1899.	Krüger M. 2001a. A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. page 593–594; pl. 17, fig. 20

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Kenya		Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Sierra Leone		page R. Revell
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	South Africa	Western Cape	Prout L. B. 1925d. New species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in the collections of the South African Museum. page 594
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	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
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Acacia drepanolobium	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Acacia seyal	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 7
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Aspalathus linearis	Fabaceae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 299
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Vachellia karroo	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 395
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Vachellia tortilis	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. 2011. The Lepidoptera of Acacia domatia in Kenya, with description of two new genera and six new species. page 1875

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Exorista sorbilans	Diptera: Tachinidae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 306
Isturgia exerraria (Prout L. B., 1925)	Parapanteles rooibos	Braconidae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 306

Isturgia exerraria (1)

Isturgia exerraria (2)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination