Species Cyclophora obstataria (Walker, 1861)

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• Acidalia obstataria Walker, F. 1861. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 756-1020 [769] [recognised as a ssp. of C. obstataria by Scoble, 1999. Perixera imbuta was originally listed here as a syn. of C. obstataria. It was elevated to the sp. C. imbuta by Scoble, 1999. It has been deleted from the checklist and not entered as a sp. because P. imbuta is not found in Australia (Holloway)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM ♀, [Borneo]: Sarawak.

  Secondary source:

   Holloway, J.D. The Moths of Borneo - Tribe Cosymbiini - Cyclophora imbuta. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/cosymbiini/cosymbiini_3_16.php [Accessed on 15 April 2012].
• Anisodes ignorata Walker, F. 1863. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 26: 1478-1796 [Date published 1863: incl. Index to parts 20-26; dated 1862] [1584].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
• Anisodes acuta Moore, F. 1887. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3 pp. 393-578 & i-xv. [445].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: "Dickoya" .
• Aspilates cryptorhodata Walker, F. 1863. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 26: 1478-1796 [Date published 1863: incl. Index to parts 20-26; dated 1862] [1682] [originally as sp. recognised as a ssp. of C. obstataria by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, Australia: [Queensland], Moreton Bay.
• Pisoraca tenuis Warren, W. 1907. New Drepanulidae,Thyrididae, Uraniidae and Geometridae from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 14: 97-186 [144] [originally as sp. recognised as a ssp. of C. obstataria by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 6♂, British New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]: Upper Mambaré River, Biagi, 5000 ft.

General References

Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [206]

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