Geometra symaria Oberthür, 1916

Han, H-X., Galsworthy, A. C. & Xue, D-Y., 2009, A survey of the genus Geometra Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae), Journal of Natural History 43 (13 - 14), pp. 885-922 : 897-898

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930802702472

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC6945-E408-FFFE-76B8-ED1FFCB6FE77

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scientific name

Geometra symaria Oberthür, 1916
status

 

Geometra symaria Oberthür, 1916 View in CoL ( Figure 1B View Figure 1 )

Geometra symaria Oberthür, 1916 View in CoL , Études Lépid comp 12:102, pl. 387, fig. 3257. Holotype „, [ China]: Oriental frontier of Tibet. (ZFMK)

Hipparchus symaria: Prout, 1932 , in Seitz, Macrolepid World 12: 75.

Description

Antennae in male bipectinate, simple filiform apically, the longest ramus about twice diameter of flagellum. Frons green. Labial palpus green. Vertex, dorsal and ventral sides of thorax, legs green.

Wing pattern. Length of forewing „ ♀ 26–30 mm. Wing pattern close to G. papilionaria , outer margin deeper scalloped than in G. papilionaria . Wings a much darker shade of green ornamented with whitish scales, the antemedial line and postmedial line on both wings edged, respectively, on outer and inner sides with strong dark green. Submarginal line white, broken on veins; discal spots distinct, dark green, short and bar-like, on underside crescent-shaped; fringes very short, dark green. Underside: similar to upperside, contrast of dark green and white very distinct.

Male genitalia ( Figures 2B View Figure 2 , 3B View Figure 3 ). Similar to G. papilionaria . Compared to G. papilionaria , uncus represented by a less distinct bulge; without distinct juxta.

Segment 8 ( Figure 5B View Figure 5 ) with tergite moderately protruding, sternite slightly sclerotized and with a depression at middle, narrower than in papilionaria , flanked by two small lateral blunt processes.

Female genitalia ( Figure 4B View Figure 4 ). Very close to those of G. papilionaria .

Materials examined

IZCAS: 1 „, Henan: Songxian Baiyunshan , 1400 m, 23 July 2003, coll. Zhang Dandan; 2 „ , Shaanxi: Ningshan Huoditang , 25 July to 4 August 1979, coll. Han Yinheng ; 1 „ 1♀, Gansu: Tianshui Qingshui, 8, 25 August 1990, 25; 1♀, Gansu: Tianshui Guanyin , 25 August 1990; 1 „ , Gansu: Longlinshanmen , 9 August 1990 ; 5 „, Hubei: shennongjia Dajiuhu , 1800 m, 1 August 1981, coll. Han Yinheng; 1 „ , Sichuan: Yingjing Siping , 1100 m, 25 June 1984, coll. Chen Yixin ; 1 „, Yunnan: Lijiang , 1 August 1982, coll. Song Shimei; 1 „ , Yunnan: Lijiang Yulongshan , 2800 m, 20 July 1984, coll. Liu Dajun ; 1 „, Yunnan: Qujing , 2000 m, 13 July 1979, coll. Fang Wencheng.

ZFMK: 1 „, holotype, Frontière orientale du Thibet, Chasseurs Indigènes du P. Déjean, 1906; 2 „, Tapaishan im Tsinling , Sued-Shenxi ( China), 23 July 1935, H. Höne .

Distribution

China (Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan) .

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Geometra

Loc

Geometra symaria Oberthür, 1916

Han, H-X., Galsworthy, A. C. & Xue, D-Y. 2009
2009
Loc

Hipparchus symaria

: Prout 1932
1932
Loc

Geometra symaria Oberthür, 1916

Oberthur 1916
1916
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