Hydria undulata

Rheumaptera undulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

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Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Rheumapterini
Genus: Hydria
Species: Hydria undulata
Subspecies: H. u. bluff – H. u. sajana – H. u. undulata

Name

Hydria undulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: Unknown, Europe ("Finland" on Forum Herbulot (2026) per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391)

Type material: Syntype [unsexed], LSL (per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012) Original work says "Salice caprea" (= on Salix caprea).

Synonyms

• Phalaena (Geometra) undulata Linnaeus, 1758: 524 (No.164). (Original combination); Linnaeus, 1761: 334 (No. "1272" as PH. GEOMETRA undulata)
• Calocalpe undulata (Linnaeus, 1758); Hübner, 1825: 330; Prout, [1937?]: 101 in Seitz (Supp.4); Lempke 1949: 148 (Later cited as "1950"); Ferguson, 1955: 327.
• Eucosmia undulata (Linnaeus, 1758); Stephens, 1831: 265; Bryk, 1921: 183 (etc); i.e. 1921: 199; 1921: 6.
• Hydria undulata (Linnaeus, 1758); Nye, 1979: 103; Hodges, 1983: 103 (No.7291); Viidalep, 2011: 4, fig.63; Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 390, Pl.18, figs. 194a-e (plus genitalia 194 ♀/194 ♂); Hausmann & Shivonen in Müller et al. 2019: 861 [European checklist]; Stadie, Fiebig & Rajaei, 2022: 502.
• Rheumaptera undulata (Linnaeus, 1758); e.g. [Herbulot, 1964?]; Lempke 1967: 338; Müller, 1996: 242 [European checklist: No. "8423" under "8418 Rheumaptera", noted as "Junior synonym: Hydria Hubner, 1822"]; Scoble, 1999: 819; Schmidt & McGuinness in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023: 303; Agassiz, Beavan & Heckford, 2024: 119.
• Rheumaptera undularia Boisduval, 1840: 205. (Unjustified emendation of undulata, per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391)

Else, to verify Herbulot, 1964: 55, cited as "1962" in Lepindex. See also earlier usage as Rheumaptera or Rheumaptera (Calocalpe) by Leech, 1960: 39 or Vallins [?], 1960: BHL, or Fairclough, 1961: 32.

Heteronyms

• Phalaena serrata Hufnagel, 1767: 522 [Berlin Mag. 4(5)] (Junior subjective synonym of undulata per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391, but not listed in Scoble, 1999)
  • Type locality: Germany: by Berlin
    • Type material: Syntype(s), lost.
• Phalaena limbata Goeze, 1781: 349 [Entomol. Beyträge 3(2)] (Junior subjective synonym of undulata per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391, but not listed in Scoble, 1999)
  • Type locality: Europe
    • Type material: Syntype(s). Unknown.

[?] *Phalaena fuscata Fourcroy, 1785: 284 [Entom. Parisiensis 2 p.] (Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391 report "Junior primary homonym nec Hufnagel, 1767 (identity: Minoa murinata SCOPOLI, 1763). Not listed in SCOBLE (1999). Synonymy according to Wolf (1988) but awaiting verification, etc")

• • Type locality: France: Paris).
    • Type material: Syntype(s).

• Eucosmia undulata f. uddmani Bryk, 1921: 6 (Junior subjective synonym of undulata per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391, "Herewith downgraded from subspecific rank Scoble, 1999 to synonymy").
  • Type locality: Finland, Karelia, Myllyklä.
    • Type material: Holotype Female ♀
• Rheumaptera undulata uddmani (Bryk, 1921); Scoble, 1999: 819. [As subspecies]
• Eucosmia undulata f. palaearctica Bryk, 1921: 6 (Junior subjective synonym of undulata ssp. undulata per Scoble, 1999: 819).
  • Type locality: ‘Estland to Berlin’.
    • Type material: Holotype Female ♀

(Else see also Eucosmia undulata var. sajana Bryk, 1921: 199 & Eucosmia undulata var. bluff Bryk, 1921: 198, pl. 1, fig. 3, both valid at subspecies rank after Scoble, 1999 per Hausmann & Viidalepp 2012: 391).

References

Primary references

• Agassiz, D.J.L., Beavan, S.D. & Heckford, R.J. 2024. A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. The British Entomological and Natural History Society, UK. PDF Reference page. 
• Bryk, F. 1921 [1920?]. Ueber die Zeichnungsverhältnisse von Eucosmia undulata L. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 14(23): 183–193. BHL ZoboDat PDF Reference page. 
• Bryk, F. 1921 [1920?]. Ueber die Zeichnungsverhältnisse von Eucosmia undulata L. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 14(25): 198–200. BHL ZoboDat PDF Reference page. 
• Bryk, F. 1921. Ueber die Zeichnungsverhältnisse von Eucosmia undulata L. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 15(1): 6-8. BHL ZoboDat PDF Reference page. 
• Ferguson, A.D.C. 1955. The North American Species of Calocalpe Hübner (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). The Canadian Entomologist 87(8): 325–330. DOI: 10.4039/Ent87325-8 Reference page. 
• Hausmann, A. & Viidalepp, J. 2012. Larentiinae I. In: Hausmann, A. (Ed.) The Geometrid Moths of Europe. Volume 3. 743 pp. Apollo Books, Vester Skerninge. Reference page. 
• Herbulot, C. 1964. Les noms de genres de Geometridae employés par Hübner dans son Systematisch-alphabetiisches Verzeichniss. Lambillionea 62: 53–57. Reference page. 
• Hodges, R.W. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation/ 284 pp. (Issued 30 May 1983). PDF-Yale Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 20–27: 305–431. BHL Reference page. 
• Lempke, B.J. 1949. Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera IX Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 92: 113–218. BHL Reference page. 
• Lempke, B.J. 1967. Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera (Veertiende Supplement). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 110: 223–342, plates. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna Svecica sistens animalia Sveciæ Regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Laurentii Salvii (Stockholm). 578 pp. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.46380 Reference page. 
• Müller, B. 1996. Geometridae. In: Karsholt, O. & Razowski, J. (Eds.) The Lepidoptera of Europe, a distributional checklist. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 218–249. Publishers (subsequent) Reference page. 
• Müller, B., Erlacher, S., Hausmann, A., Rajaei, H., Shivonen, P. & Skou, P. 2019. Ennominae II. In: Hausmann, A., Rajaei, H., Shivonen, P. & Skou, P. (Eds.). The Geometrid Moths of Europe. Volume 6: 906. Apollo Books, Vester Skerninge. Publishers (subsequent) Reference page. 
• Pohl, G.R. & Nanz, S.R. (eds.) 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California. xiv + 580 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Prout [1934-1937?]. 1. Subfam.: Brephinae. in Seitz, A. 1934-1954. Die Spanner des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Supplement zu 4. Band: Die spannerartigen Nachtfalter. Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart; 766 pp. BHL
• Scoble, M.J. 1999. [Ed.] Geometrid Moths of the World. A Catalog (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Volume 2. Apollo Books (=Brill). ISBN 064306303X Reference page. 
• Stadie, D., Fiebig, R. & Rajaei, H. 2022. Taxonomic review of the genus Hydria HÜBNER, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) in the Middle East, with description of three new species and one new subspecies. Zootaxa 5092(5): 501–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.5.1. . Reference page. 
• Stephens, J.F. 1829–1831. Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Haustellata, Vol. III. Baldwin & Cradock, London. 333 pp., pls. 25–32. [published in parts: pp. 1–96, 1829; 97–136, 1830; 137–333, 1831]. BHL Reference page. 
• Viidalepp, J. 2011. A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa 3136: 1–44. Preview PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3136.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rajaei, H. et al. 2022. An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics. Integrative Systematics 5(2): 145–192. DOI: 10.18476/2022.577933 Reference page. 

Possibly also in:

• Fletcher, D.S. 1966. Some Changes in the Nomenclature of British Lepidoptera. Entomology Gazette 17: 9–18.

Links

• Forum Herbulot, 2026 (July)
• Lepindex
• Bugguide

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