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Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Microloxiini (tribe)/  Omphacodes (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Warren, 1902)
Citation:Syndromodes pulchrifimbria sp. nov.
Original genus:Syndromodes
Publication:Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:9
Issue:
Pagination:496
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268480
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Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Syntype ♂ NHMUK Syntypes 3♂, NHMUK. Kenya Kenya, British East Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment, i–ii.1901, leg. W. Doherty.
Distribution note:

Has been misidentified as the Indian species Omphacodes directa (Walker, 1861) (see A. Hausmann 2006: 38, A. Hausmann et al. 2016: 72).

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).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga 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 42 (as purifimbria)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Eritrea Joannis J. de 1913. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea raccolti nel 1902–03 dal Dott. A. Andreini. Lépidoptères. Heterocera. page 136
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Ethiopia Prout L. B. 1922c. Geometridae. – In: Prout, L. B. & Prout, A. E., New South African Heterocera. page 192 (as pulchritacta)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Kenya Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 496
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Rwanda page ZSM
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Saudi Arabia Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 97 (as directa)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Sudan Debauche H. R. 1937. Entomological expedition to Abyssinia, 1926–27: Lepidoptera, Geometridae. page 326
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 87 (as pulchritacta)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Yemen Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 268 (as directa)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Yemen Socotra Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 97 (as directa)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Kenya Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 496
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchritacta Prout L. B., 1923 Ethiopia Prout L. B. 1923b. New Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 192
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchritacta Prout L. B., 1923 Kenya Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 87
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchritacta Prout L. B., 1923 Sudan Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 87
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchritacta Prout L. B., 1923 Uganda Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 87
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria purifimbria Prout L. B., 1930 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga 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 42
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1937: 129–130).

Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Acacia sp. Fabaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194 (as puchrifimbria)
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) Vachellia tortilis Fabaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 129 (as Acacia thorn)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1902) (Warren, 1902) subspecies Accepted Syndromodes pulchrifimbria pulchrifimbria
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchritacta Prout L. B., 1923 Prout L. B., 1923 subspecies Accepted Omphacodes pulchrifimbria pulchritacta
Omphacodes pulchrifimbria purifimbria Prout L. B., 1930 Prout L. B., 1930 subspecies Accepted Omphacodes pulchrifimbria purifimbria
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination