Ourapteryx similaria

Ourapteryx similaria horishana

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 similaria
Subspecies: O. s. horishana – O. s. similaria

Name

Ourapteryx similaria (Leech, 1897)

Lectotype: BMNH(E) 1008806 = NHMUK 15106165. China: Omei-shan, 3620 ft. ♂ (Geometridae genitalia slide no. 6113). VII 1890. Native collector. (sel. D. Stüning)

Paralectotype: BMNH = NHMUK. Chang-yang [= China: Hubei, Changyang]. ♀. VII 1890. Native collector.

Synonyms

• Urapteryx similaria Leech, 1897: 192, pl. VI, fig. 3.
• Ourapteryx similaria Prout, 1915: 335, pl. 17, row c.

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. 

Additional 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. 
• 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. 
• 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.