Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)

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Permalink:	MICRPULC
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Comibaenini (tribe)/  Microbaena (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Staudinger, 1898)
Citation:	Phorodesma Pulchra Stgr. n. sp.
Original genus:	Phorodesma
Publication:	Staudinger O. 1898b. Neue Lepidopteren aus Palaestina.
Journal:	Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:	10 (1897)
Issue:	2
Pagination:	302–303; pl. 4, fig. 27
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12759164

Microbaena pulchra (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Microbaena by A. Hausmann (1996a: 22).

Hausmann A. 1996a. The morphology of the Geometrid moths of the Levant and its neighbouring countries (Part 1: Orthostixinae-Geometrinae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, MfN.	Israel	[Israel], Palestine, near Jerusalem, leg. J. Paulus.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Israel, Palestine.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Hausmann A. 1996a. The morphology of the Geometrid moths of the Levant and its neighbouring countries (Part 1: Orthostixinae-Geometrinae). page 23 (as minor)
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Djibouti		Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 65 (as minor)
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Ethiopia		Hausmann A., Parisi F. & Sciarretta A. 2014. The geometrid moths of Ethiopia I: tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini (Lepidptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). page 464 (as minor)
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Kenya		Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page 15
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Namibia		page H. Roland
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 108
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 191
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	South Africa	Limpopo	page TMSA
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Sudan		Wiltshire E. P. 1985c. New Geometridae from Africa, with a list of additions to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Sudan (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 10
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Tanzania		Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page 15
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Yemen		Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 284 (as minor)
Microbaena pulchra (Staudinger, 1898)	Yemen	Socotra	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 98 (as minor)
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Hausmann A. 1996a. The morphology of the Geometrid moths of the Levant and its neighbouring countries (Part 1: Orthostixinae-Geometrinae). page 23
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Oman		Hausmann A. 1998a. New and interesting geometrid moths from the Oman (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 85
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 191
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Sudan		Hausmann A. 1996a. The morphology of the Geometrid moths of the Levant and its neighbouring countries (Part 1: Orthostixinae-Geometrinae). page 23
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Yemen	Socotra	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 98
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Yemen		Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 284

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Microbaena pulchra (1)

Microbaena pulchra (2)

Microbaena pulchra (3)

Microbaena pulchra minor (1)

Microbaena pulchra minor (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996	Hausmann, 1996	subspecies	Accepted	Microbaena pulchra minor

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination