Ourapteryx changi

Ourapteryx changi

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 changi

Name

Ourapteryx changi Inoue, 1985: 77 (key), 87, figs. 7, 8.

Holotype: BMNH(E) 1008703 = NHMUK 15106136. Formosa: Chiayi County, Fenchihu, 1600 m. ♂. 12–13 VII 1964. leg. H. Inoue.

Paratypes:

Taipei County, Lalashan. 18♂ + 2♀. 1–28 VI 1979. Native collector.

Miaoli County, Shantau Spa. 4♂. 11–12 IV 1967. leg. T. Shirôzu.

Miaoli County, Hernglong Lodge. 1♂. 24 XI 1984. leg. H. Inoue.

Taichung County, Lishan. 1♀. 29 VII 1970. leg. Y. Miyake.

Chiayi County, Alishan, 2200 m. 4♂. 9–10 VII 1964. leg. H. Inoue.

ditto. 1♀. 9 IV 1965. leg. T. Shirôzu.

ditto. 1♀. 23 III 1972. leg. K. Nakatomi.

ditto. 1♂. 11–12 VIII 1983. leg. R. Sato.

Chiayi County, Fenchihu. 7♂. 12–13 VII 1964. leg. H. Inoue.

ditto. 1♂. 28 III 1977. leg. Y. Kishida.

Nantou County, Meifeng. 1♂. 29 VI 1984. leg. B. S. Chang.

Nantou County, Lushan Spa. 2♂. 21–23 VII 1981. leg. R. Sato.

ditto. 1♂. 27–29 III 1984. leg. A. Kawabe.

Nantou County, Sanlinshei [= Shanlinxi]. 1♂. 22 II 1984. leg. B. S. Chang.

Yunlin County, Tsuoling [= Caoling]. 1♂. 20 III 1982. leg. B. S. Chang.

Hualien County, Hungye Spa, 200 m. 3♂. 29–30 III 1984. leg. A. Kawabe.

Kaohsiung County, near Tianchi, 2200 m. 1♂. 1 VIII 1976. leg. Y. Shibata.

Nantou County, "Wushe–Puli". 13♂ + 12♀. 1963–1966. Native collectors.

Synonyms

• Ourapteryx picticaudata (part.) Prout, 1914: 249 [vide Inoue, 1985: 88]

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. 
• Prout, L.B. 1914. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Geometridae (Lep.). Entomologische Mitteilungen 3(7/8): 236–249. Full article (BHL). 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.