Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Sterrhinae (subfamily)/  Scopulini (tribe)/  Scopula (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Prout L. B., 1916)
Citation:	Zygophyxia tornisecta, sp. n.
Original genus:	Zygophyxia
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1916b. Geometridae. – In: Poulton E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1916
Issue:	1
Pagination:	153–154
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31596877

Scopula tornisecta (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK	Somalia	[Somalia N], Somaliland, Mandera, 47 miles SW of Berbera, 3000 ft, 28.ii.1909, leg. W. Feather.
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Paratype	♀	NHMUK	Paratypes 3♀, NHMUK, OUMNH.	Somalia	[Somalia N], Somaliland, Mandera, 47 miles SW of Berbera, 3000 ft, 28.ii.1909, leg. W. Feather.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Ethiopia		Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 59
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Kenya		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 96
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Somalia		Prout L. B. 1916b. Geometridae. – In: Poulton E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 154
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	South Africa		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 96
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Tanzania		Fletcher D. S. 1978a. Geometridae (Lepidoptera) collected by Dr. J. Szunyoghy in Tanzania. page 59
Scopula tornisecta (Prout L. B., 1916)	Yemen	Samha	Hausmann A. 2009b. New and interesting geometrid moths from Sokotra islands (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 95

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