Ourapteryx taiwana

Ourapteryx taiwana

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 taiwana

Name

Ourapteryx taiwana Wileman, 1910: 179

Type locality: Formosa, Arizan, 7300 ft.

Holotype: BMNH(E) 1008801 = NHMUK 15106179. ♂. IX 1908. leg. A. E. Wileman (B.M. 1929-261).

Synonyms

• Urapteryx imitans Bastelberger, 1911: 90. (synonymized by Inoue, 1985: 89)
  • Type locality: Formosa, Arisan.
  • Holotype: SMF. ♂.

References

Primary references

• Bastelberger, M.J. 1911. Neubeschreibung von Geometriden vom Arisan in Formosa. Societas Entomologica 25(23): 89–91. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Wileman, A.E. 1910. Some new Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Formosa. The Entomologist 43: 176–179. 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. 
• 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.