Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Larentiinae (subfamily)/  UnassignedLarentiinae (tribe)/  Trimetopia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Warren, 1898
Citation:	Trimetopia coerulea sp. nov.
Original genus:	Trimetopia
Publication:	Warren W. 1898a. New species and genera of the families Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	5
Issue:
Pagination:	22
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3219610

Trimetopia coerulea (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Had been regarded as a subspecies of Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858; raised to species level by D. Stadie & R. Fiebig (2019: 82).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, Br. E. Africa, Lamu, 1889.

Distribution note:

The records of Angola, Cameroon and Zimbabwe (Karisch & Staude 2008: 186) refer to other Trimetopia species.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898	Ethiopia		Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Trimetopia Guenée, [1858] (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). page 83
Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898	Kenya		Warren W. 1898a. New species and genera of the families Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae. page 22
Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898	Tanzania		Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Trimetopia Guenée, [1858] (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). page 83

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898	Ampelopsis sp.	Vitaceae	Kenya	Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Trimetopia Guenée, [1858] (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). page 84
Trimetopia coerulea Warren, 1898	Vitis sp.	Vitaceae	Kenya	Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Trimetopia Guenée, [1858] (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). page 84

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Trimetopia coerulea (1)

Trimetopia coerulea (2)

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