Ourapteryx nigrociliaris

Ourapteryx nigrociliaris magnifica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Ourapteryx
Species: Ourapteryx nigrociliaris
Subspecies: O. n. magnifica – O. n. nigrociliaris

Name

Ourapteryx nigrociliaris (Leech, 1891)

Type locality: Huang-Mu-Chang [= China, Sichuan, Hanyuan, Huangmu (皇木)].

Syntypes: BMNH(E) 1008719 = NHMUK 15106067. ♂. VII 1889. legit A. E. Pratt (Leech Coll. 1900-64).

Synonyms

• Urapteryx nigrociliaris Leech, 1891: 5.
• Ectenurapteryx nigrociliaria Leech, 1897: 193.
• Energopteryx nigrociliaria Thierry-Mieg, 1903: 383.
• Ourapteryx (Energopteryx) nigrociliaris Inoue, 1985: 77 (key), 109, fig. 60.

References

Primary references

• Inoue, H. 1985. The genera Ourapteryx and Tristrophis of Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of Faculty of Domestic Sciences, Otsuma Woman’s University 21: 75–124. Reference page. 
• Leech, J. H., 1891. New species of Lepidoptera from China. The Entomologist 24 (Supplement): 1–6. BHL Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1897. On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) 19: 180–235. Full article (BHL). DOI: 10.1080/00222939708680542. Reference page. 
• Thierry-Mieg, P. 1903. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nocturnes. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 47: 382–385. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Prout, L.B. 1912–1916. The Palaearctic Geometrae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. IV. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. I–V + 479 pp. + 25 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1915. Die palaearktischen Ourapteryx und ihre nähere verwandtschaft. Entomologische Rundschau 32(4): 19–22; 32(5): 25–28; 32(6): 31–33. Reference page.