Ourapteryx variolaria

Ourapteryx variolaria

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 variolaria

Name

Ourapteryx variolaria Inoue, 1985: 77 (key), 100, fig. 38–40.

Holotype: BMNH(E) 1008790 = NHMUK 15106189. Taiwan: Hualien County, Hohuanshan [= Hehuan Shan], 3100 m. ♂ (BMNH). 30 VII–1 VIII 1983. leg. S. Sugi.

Paratypes:

Hualien County, Hohuanshan. 1♂. 8 VIII 1974. leg. H. Nakajima.

Nantou County, Nengkaoshan [= Nenggao Shan], ca. 2800 m. 2♂. 20 V–2 VI 1966. leg. Ching-Shong Yu [might be misspelled from Ching-Kin Yu (余清金)].

ditto. 3♂. V 1969. leg. Ching-Shong Yu.

ditto. 2♂. 1970. Native collectors, ex. coll T. Miyata.

Nantou County, Lushan Spa, 1200 m. 1♂. 26–29 VI 1973. leg. M. Owada.

Nantou County, "probably at high altitude". 7♂. 1968. Native collector, ex coll. H. Kezuka.

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. 

Additional references

• Fu, C.-M., Shih, L.-C. & Wu, S. 2013. Geometridae: Ennominae. pp. 146–217. In: Fu, C.-M., Ronkay, L. & Lin, H.-H. (Eds.) Moths of Hehuanshan [合歡山的蛾]. Nantou: Endemic Species Research Institute. ISBN 978-986-03-9880-9. Reference page. 
• Inoue, H. 1989: Notes on some Geometridae from Taiwan, with descriptions of one new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera). Tinea 12(19): 177–184. Reference page.