Species "Hypomecis" curtaria (Walker, 1866)

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• Tephrosia curtaria Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1592] [Treated under "Hypomecis" by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia: Swan River.

  Secondary source:

   Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [477].
• Boarmia harmodia Turner, A.J. 1947. New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58: 71-112 [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA T8055 ♂, Queensland, Toowoomba, 4.ix.1930, W. B. Barnard.
  Paratype(s) 7 specimens, Queensland, Toowoomba, 4.ix.1930, W. B. Barnard.

  Secondary source:

   Schmidt, O. 2012. An annotated and illustrated list of the primary type specimens of geometrid moths deposited in the Queensland Museum (Australia, Brisbane). Spixiana (Munich) 35(1): 79-100 [82].

Generic Combinations

• "Hypomecis” curtaria (Walker, 1866).

Introduction

Schmidt (2012) notes that Scoble (1999) placed Boarmia curtaria in "Hypomecis” but states that "[t]he generic placement of the species needs to be reconsidered".

History of changes