Species Casbia rectaria Walker, 1866

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• Casbia rectaria 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] [1667].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia: Swan River.
• Casbia irrorata Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [438].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, [Australia]: Rockhampton.
• Casbia lilacina Holloway, J.D. 1979. A survey of the Lepidoptera, biogeography and ecology of New Caledonia. Series Entomologica 15: 1-588 [321, pl. 61, fig. 1; fig. 63:2] [Treated as a ssp. of rectaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, New Caledonia: Mt. Pouédihi, 540 m.
• Casbia rosacea Holloway, J.D. 1979. A survey of the Lepidoptera, biogeography and ecology of New Caledonia. Series Entomologica 15: 1-588 [323, pl. 61, fig. 2] [Treated as a ssp. of rectaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, New Hebrides [Vanuatu]: Santo, Mt Tabwemasana, Nokowula, 3700 ft.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [110]

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Alphitonia Endl. [RHAMNACEAE]), herbivore (associated flora: Pomaderris Labill. [RHAMNACEAE]).

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