Ourapteryx leucopteron

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 leucopteron

Name

Ourapteryx leucopteron Inoue, 1995: 129; pl. 122, fig. 1.

Holotype: NHMUK 15105929. Northeastern Nepal: Tamur Valley, between Walunchung [= Olangchung] & Chowki [= Chauki], 2450 m. ♂ (Geometridae genitalia slide no. 19208; Inoue genitalia slide no. 2688). 28.VII.1963. leg. T. Haruta et al.

Paratypes: 40 specimens from following localities

Nepal: Junbesi, 2750 m

Nepal: Bujan, Dudh Kosi Tal [= Dudh Koshi River], 2900 m

Nepal: Bhandar [= Bhandara] unter Thodung, 2200 m

Nepal: [Koshi,] Lukla, 2800 m

Nepal: Solu Khumbu Himal

India: Sikkim

Synonyms

• Ourapteryx thibetaria (part.) Bastelberger, 1911: 157 [vide Inoue, 1995: 130]

References

• Bastelberger, M.J. 1911. Neue Geometriden aus meiner Sammlung. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 5: 156–157 Full article (BHL) Reference page. 
• Inoue, H. 1995. The genera Abraxas and Ourapteryx from Nepal (Ennominae). In: Haruta, T. (Ed.) Moths of Nepal. Part 4. Tinea 14 (Suppl. 2): 119–139. Full issue Reference page.