Genus Chlenias Guenée, 1857
Type species:
Geometra banksiaria Le Guillou, 1841 by original designation.
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Species Chlenias auctaria Guenée, 1857
- Chlenias auctaria Guenée, A. 1857. In Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Atlas, coloured pls to vols 5-10. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. [238] [Here elevated to species on examination of genitalia of type specimens of auctaria, banksiaria and zonaea. Additionally all three species can be separated on larval characteristics].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHN, [Australia]: Tasmania. - Chlenias acutaria Swinhoe, C. 1902. New and little-known species of Drepanulidae, Epiplemidae, Microniidae & Geometridae in the national collections. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902: 585-677 [629] [subsequent misspelling].
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- Geometra banksiaria Le Guillou, E.J.F. 1841. Description de huit espèces de Lépidoptères découvertes pendant le voyage de la Zélee. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 1841: 257-258 [257].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHN ♂, [Australia]: [Tasmania], Hobart. Type data:
Syntype(s) ♂ (Museum: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sektionen tor Entomologi (NHRS)), Australia: Sydney.- Chlenias indecisata Walker, F. 1862. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 24: 1021-1280 [1153].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 5, ♂, ♀, Australia, Tasmania: [New South Wales], Sydney. - Chlenias pachymela Lower, O.B. 1893. New Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17(1): 146-185 [162] [Treated as ssp. of banksiaria by Scoble (1999)].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne.
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Species Chlenias basichorda Turner, 1919
- Chlenias basichorda Turner, A.J. 1919. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 258-310, 383-413 [2 Oct. 1919] [402].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia: Western Australia, Perth.
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- Amelora belophora Turner, A.J. 1919. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 258-310, 383-413 [2 Oct. 1919] [310].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia: Victoria, Beaconsfield. - Chlenias chytrinopa Turner, A.J. 1947. New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58: 71-112 [103].
Type data:
Holotype QMBA T8065 ♂, Victoria, Moe, 25.v.1934, C. G. L. Gooding.
Paratype(s) 2 specimens, Victoria, Moe, 25.v.1934, C. G. L. Gooding.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [203] (chytrinropa)
Generic Combinations
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Species Chlenias cyclosticha Lower, 1915
- Chlenias cyclosticha Lower, O.B. 1915. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40: 474-485 [477].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia: New South Wales, Broken Hill.
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Species Chlenias gonosema Lower, 1893
- Chlenias gonosema Lower, O.B. 1893. New Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17(1): 146-185 [172].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia: Victoria, Toorak.
Ecological Descriptors
Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Calytrix tetragona Labill. [MYRTACEAE] Fringe Myrtle; Dillwynia hispida Lindley [FABACEAE] Red Parrotpea; Grevillea lavandulacea Schltdl. [PROTEACEAE] lavender Grevillea; Cryptandra nutans Steud. [RHAMNACEAE] prickly cryptandra, velvet cryptandra).
Associated Flora References
McFarland, N. 1988. Portraits of South Australian geometrid moths. Kansas : Allen Press, Lawrence iv+400 pp., frontispiece. [67] (Dillwynia hispida; Grevillea lavandulacea; Cryptandra nutans)
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| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETRIDAE | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
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Species Chlenias inkata Tindale, 1961
- Chlenias inkata Tindale, N.B. 1961. A new species of Chlenias (Lepidoptera, Boarmiidae) on Acacia aneura, with some central Australian native beliefs about it. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 131-140 [133, figs 1-7].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia: Haast Bluff Station, 2000 ft.
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- Chlenias macrochorda Turner, A.J. 1919. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 258-310, 383-413 [2 Oct. 1919] [403].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Australia: Western Australia, Perth.
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Species Chlenias nodosus (Swinhoe, 1892)
- Asteroscopus nodosus Swinhoe, C. 1892. Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. Oxford : Claredon Press viii+324 pp., 8 pls. [p. 299, pl. 8, fig. 13].
Type data:
Holotype OUM ♂, Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania].
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Species Chlenias ochrocrana Turner, 1947
- Chlenias ochrocrana Turner, A.J. 1947. New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 58: 71-112 [104].
Type data:
Holotype Australia: New South Wales, Ebor.
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Species Chlenias pini Tindale, 1929
- Chlenias pini Tindale, N.B. 1929. Species of Chlenias attacking pines (Lepidoptera, Family Boarmiidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 43-48 [year of publication not confirmed] [43] [originally as ssp. of auctaria].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, [[Australia] (south): Mt Burr.].
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- Chlenias seminigra Rosenstock, R. 1885. Notes on Australian Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 376-385, 421-443 [430].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Australia: South Australia. - Phalera innotata Hampson, G. F. 1896. On the classification of three subfamilies of moths of the family Pyralidae: the Epipaschiinae, Endotrichinae, and Pyralinae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4): 451-550 [455].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ♂, [India]; Khasi Hills. - Chlenias psolina Turner, A.J. 1919. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 258-310, 383-413 [2 Oct. 1919] [402].
Type data:
Syntype(s) 5 ♀, Australia: Victoria, Beaconsfield; Tasmania, Sheffield.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [203] (innotata, psolina)
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Species Chlenias serina Lower, 1900
- Chlenias serina Lower, O.B. 1900. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 29-51, 403-423 [36].
Type data:
Syntype(s) 7, Australia: New South Wales, Broken Hill.
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- Chlenias stenosticha Turner, A.J. 1919. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 258-310, 383-413 [2 Oct. 1919] [402].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia: Victoria, Blackrock, near Melbourne.
Ecological Descriptors
Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Grevillea lavandulacea Schltdl. [PROTEACEAE] Lavender Grevillea; Hakea rostrata F.Muell. ex Meisn [PROTEACEAE] beaked Hakea; Cassytha pubescens R.Br. [LAURACEAE] devils twine; Cryptandra tomentosa Lindl. [RHAMNACEAE] prickly cryptandra, velvet cryptandra; Pultenaea largiflorens F.Muell. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] twiggy bushpea).
Associated Flora References
McFarland, N. 1988. Portraits of South Australian geometrid moths. Kansas : Allen Press, Lawrence iv+400 pp., frontispiece. [70] (Cassytha pubescens; Pultenaea largiflorens; Grevillea lavandulacea; Hakea rostrata; Cryptandra tomentosa)
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| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETRIDAE | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
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Species Chlenias zonaea Guest, 1887
- Chlenias zonaea Guest, E. 1887. A classified list of Geometrina found around Balhannah, with notes on species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 126-141 [140].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Australia: South Australia, Balhannah. - Chlenias zonaea Meyrick, E. 1892. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 6(4): 581-678 [665] [junior homonym; and junior synonym of Chlenias zonaea Guest].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 5, ♂, ♀, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne; South Australia, Mt Lofty.
Ecological Descriptors
Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Olearia ramulosa (Labill.) Benth. [ASTERACEAE] Twiggy Daisy-bush; Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. [SAPINDACEAE] hop bush).
Associated Flora References
McFarland, N. 1988. Portraits of South Australian geometrid moths. Kansas : Allen Press, Lawrence iv+400 pp., frontispiece. [73] (Dodonaea viscosa; Olearia ramulosa)
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| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETRIDAE | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
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