Ourapteryx obtusicauda

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 obtusicauda

Name

Ourapteryx obtusicauda (Warren, 1894)

Type locality: Japan.

Holotype: BMNH(E) 1008727 = NHMUK 15106084.

Synonyms

• Tristrophis obtusicauda Warren, 1894: 399.
• Urapteryx subpunctaria (part.) Leech, 1897: 192.
• Ourapteryx cretea Swinhoe, 1902: 601 (Synonymized by Wehrli, 1954: 354)
  • Ourapteryx cretacea Prout, 1912: 335, taf. 17f
  • Syntypes: Japan: Ōjigoku [= Japan: Kanagawa, Ōwakudani]. 4♀.
• Ourapteryx laeta Matsumura, 1910: 77, pl. 23, fig. 15. (Treated as synonym of Ourapteryx cretea by Prout, 1912: 335)
  • Ourapteryx lata Matsumura, 1910: description of pl. 23
  • Holotype: Hokkaido: Jōzankei. ♀.
• Tristrophis subpunctaria (part.) Prout, 1912: 336.
• Urapteryx subcurvaria Oberthür, 1911: 28, taf. LXXXVII, no. 839 (Synonymized by Wehrli, 1954: 354)
  • Holotype: Japon. ♂. (Designated by Wehrli, 1954: 354)
• Ourapteryx obtusicauda (stat. rev.) Prout, 1930: 322

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Matsumura, S. 1910. Thousand Insects of Japan. Supplement II. [續日本千蟲圖解] 144 pp. + pls. XVII–XXIX. Tokyo: Keiseisha. BHL Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1911. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 5(1): xxxvi + 345pp., Pls.59-85; 5(2): 7-136, Pls.86-96, E-Ne. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Prout, L.B. 1930: On the Japanese Geometridae of the Aigner collection. Novitates Zoologicae 35(4): 289–377. BHL Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C. 1902. New and little known species of Drepanulidæ, Epiplemidæ, Microniidæ and Geometridæ in the National Collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 50(3): 585–677. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1902.tb02443.x BHL Reference page. 
• Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1(2): 366–466. BHL Reference page. 
• Wehrli, E. 1939–1954. Subfamilie Geometrinae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. VII–VIII + 766 pp. + 53 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.