Argyrotome interrupta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Palyadini
Genus: Argyrotome
Species: Argyrotome interrupta

Name

Argyrotome interrupta (Schaus, 1911)

Type locality: Costa Rica, Cartago Province, "Juan Viñas", "Sitio", "Tuis"

Type material: Holotype ["Juan Viñas"?], male ♂ USNM (Link to Photo). Other original specimens mentioned by Matson et al., 2026: 18 not regarded as types by them).

Synonyms

• Opisthoxia interrupta Schaus, 1911: 578; Pitkin, Mora & Scoble, 1996: 142; Pitkin, 2002: 181.
• Argyrotome interrupta (Schaus, 1911); Matson et al., 2026: 18, figs. 19, 164. (see also TropicLeps)

• Argyrotome subinquinata Dognin, 1913 [1914]: 399. (Junior synonym per Matson et al., 2026: 18)
  • Type locality: Panama, Lino, 800 m
    • Type material: Syntypes, USNM

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W. 1911. New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. XI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(8): 577-602. BHL
• Matson, T.A. et al. 2026. Palyadini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae) of North America and the Caribbean a continental review. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. DOI: 10.5479/si.1943-6696.scz659 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Pitkin, L.M. 2002. Neotropical Ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135(2–3): 121–401. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x Reference page. 
• Pitkin, et al. 1996. A checklist to the Ennominae (Geometridae) of Costa Rica: Taxonomy for a national biodiversity inventory. Gayana. Zoología. BHL

Links

• Lepindex
• TropicLeps)