Ourapteryx parallelaria

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 parallelaria

Name

Ourapteryx parallelaria (Leech, 1891)

Type locality: Chang-yang [= China: Hubei, Changyang], 6000 ft.

Holotype: BMNH(E) 1008771 = NHMUK 10218982. ♀ (Geometridae genitalia slide no. 25121). 1889. Native collector.

Synonyms

• Urapteryx parallelaria Leech, 1891: 5
• Euctenurapteryx parallelaria Prout, 1912: 336, taf. 17a
• Ourapteryx (Euctenurapteryx) parallelaria Inoue, 1985: 75 (By downgrading Euctenurapteryx as a subgenus of Ourapteryx)

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. 
• Leech, J. H., 1891. New species of Lepidoptera from China. The Entomologist 24 (Supplement): 1–6. BHL Reference page. 
• Prout, L.B. 1912–1916. The Palaearctic Geometrae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. IV. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. I–V + 479 pp. + 25 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Oberthür, C., 1911. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 5(1): xxxvi + 345pp., Pls.59-85; 5(2): 7-136, Pls.86-96, E-Ne. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1915. Die palaearktischen Ourapteryx und ihre nähere verwandtschaft. Entomologische Rundschau 32(4): 19–22; 32(5): 25–28; 32(6): 31–33. Reference page. 
• Wehrli, E. 1939–1954. Subfamilie Geometrinae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. VII–VIII + 766 pp. + 53 pls. BHL Reference page.