Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Sterrhinae (subfamily)/  Scopulini (tribe)/  Problepsis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1982
Citation:	Problepsis erythra n. sp.
Original genus:	Problepsis
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2).
Journal:	Fauna of Saudi Arabia
Volume:	4
Issue:
Pagination:	298–300, fig. 20c

Problepsis erythra (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Eritrea	Eritrea, Elaberet, 01.vi.1937, leg. F. Vaccaro.

Distribution note:

The record of Oman (Hausmann 1998a: 93) refers to Problepsis asira Wiltshire, 1982 (see A. Hausmann, D. Stadie & R. Fiebig 2016: 97).

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
Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982	Djibouti		page ZSM
Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982	Eritrea		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 300
Problepsis erythra dayensis Stadie & Stadie, 2016	Djibouti		Stadie D. & Stadie Ph. 2016. The Problepsis ocellata Frivaldszky, 1845 species lineage – an integrative survey of their morphology, species radiation, distribution and ecology (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Sterrhinae). page 399
Problepsis erythra dayensis Stadie & Stadie, 2016	Somalia		Stadie D. & Stadie Ph. 2016. The Problepsis ocellata Frivaldszky, 1845 species lineage – an integrative survey of their morphology, species radiation, distribution and ecology (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Sterrhinae). page 399
Problepsis erythra erythra Wiltshire, 1982	Eritrea		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 300

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Problepsis erythra (1)

Problepsis erythra (2)

Problepsis erythra dayensis (1)

Problepsis erythra dayensis (2)

Problepsis erythra dayensis (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Problepsis erythra dayensis Stadie & Stadie, 2016	Stadie & Stadie, 2016	subspecies	Accepted	Problepsis erythra dayensis
Problepsis erythra erythra Wiltshire, 1982	Wiltshire, 1982	subspecies	Accepted	Problepsis erythra erythra

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination