Species Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Phalaena plagiata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [(Ed. 10) 1:526] [recognised as a ssp. of A. plagiata by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) LS, Europe.
• Phalaena duplicata Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [636].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) England.
• Phalaena triplicata Fourcroy, A.F. 1785. Entomologia Parisiensis, sive catalogus insectorum quae in Agro parisiensi reperiuntur; secundum methodum Geoffroeanam in sectiones, genera et species distributus; cui addita sunt nomina trivialia et fere trecentae novae species. Paris. 1-231, 233-544 pp. [291].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) [France]: Paris.
• Anaitis plagiaria Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1840. Genera et Index Metliodicus Europteorum Lepidopterorum. Paris Vol. 5 vii, 238 pp. [204] [emendation of plagiata Linnaeus].
• Aplocera scotica Richardson, A. 1952. New varieties of British Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 64: 269-273 [269, pl. 11, fig. 18] [recognised as a ssp. of A. plagiata by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♂, [Scotland]: Inverness, Dalwhinnie.
• Aplocera terlineata Goeze, J.A.E. 1781. Lepidoptera 233. Phalaena Noctua. Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritters Linne zwölfter Ausgabe des Natursystems 3(3): 82-273 [247] [originally as sp. recognised as a ssp. of A. plagiata by Scoble, 1999].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Not established, see Julien (1992) [54].

Introduced from England.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Hypericum hirsutum L. [HYPERICACEAE] Hairy St John's Wort; Hypericum maculatum Crantz [HYPERICACEAE] Imperforate St. John's Wort; Hypericum perforatum L. [HYPERICACEAE] St. John's wort; Hypericum [HYPERICACEAE]).

 

General References

Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [54]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	GEOMETROIDEA	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Cathy Byrne
21-Feb-2022	GEOMETROIDEA	24-Nov-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Di Moyle (TMAG)
21-Feb-2022	GEOMETRIDAE	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
21-Feb-2022		05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED