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Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Microloxiini (tribe)/  Microloxia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Warren, 1897
Citation:Microloxia ruficornis sp. nov.
Original genus:Microloxia
Publication:Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:4
Issue:
Pagination:42
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3219402
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Microloxia ruficornis (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Weenen, i.1895.
DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 69771 
Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt (Sinai), Iran, Iraq,Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkmenistan.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Angola Warren W. 1901d. Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian region. page 205 (as innotata)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Bahrain 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 70
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Botswana Prout L. B. 1935a. Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September 1930. The Geometridae. page 3
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde São Vicente Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 5
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde Boavista Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 5
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde Maio Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 5
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde Brava Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 5
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde São Nicolao Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. – In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). page 87
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde Sal Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. – In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). page 87
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Cabo Verde Santiago Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. – In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). page 87
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Chad Tibesti Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. page 26 (as halimaria)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Gambia page R. Goff
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Kenya Fawcett J. M. 1918. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. page 243
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Kuwait 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 70
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Madagascar Hausmann A. & Skou P. 2008. Order Lepidoptera, family Geometridae. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. page 564
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Mozambique Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Namibia Krüger M. 2004b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 242
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Niger Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page 215
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Oman Hausmann A. 2009c. New and interesting geometrid moths from Dhofar, southern Oman (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 113
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Saudi Arabia Fletcher D. S. 1963b. Ergebnisse der Zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962. page 469 (as halimaria)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Somalia Prout L. B. 1931a. A list of the Geometridae collected by Mr C. L. Collenette in British Somaliland with descriptions of new species. page 262
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. page 42
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa Free State Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 353
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa Gauteng Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 353
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa Northern Cape Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 353
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa Limpopo Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 353
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 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 373
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa North-West Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 226 (map)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa Western Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 226 (map)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 South Africa Mpumalanga Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Sudan Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 27
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Tanzania Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 48
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 5
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1945. Missions Marocaines d'études des Acridiens migrateurs. Resultats scientifiques. VII. Contribution à la connaissance des lépidoptères du Sahara Nord-Occidental. page 36 (as halimaria)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Yemen Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 286
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Yemen Samha Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 100
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Yemen Socotra Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 100
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Zambia Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Zimbabwe Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 353
Plant note:

On the flowers, mainly of Asteraceae (see H. S. Staude et al. 2023: 226).

Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Athrixia elata 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 373
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Atriplex halimus Amaranthaceae Algeria Chrétien P. 1909. Notes biologiques sur les lépidoptères de Biskra et description d'espèces nouvelles. page 18 (as halimaria)
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Gazania sp. 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 373
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Helichrysum acutatum 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 373
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Helichrysum aureonitens 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 373
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 Othonna protecta 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 373
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Microloxia halimaria (Chrétien, 1909) (Chrétien, 1909) species Synonym Eucrostes halimaria
Microloxia innotata (Warren, 1901) (Warren, 1901) species Synonym Eucrostes innotata
Microloxia stenopteraria (Turati, 1930) (Turati, 1930) species Synonym Eucrostis stenopteraria