Species Hypodoxa emiliaria (Guenée, 1857)

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• Hypochroma emiliaria Guenée, A. 1857. Uranides et Phalénites. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 9 xxxvii, 514 pp. [280] [Treated as ssp. by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
• Hypochroma aurantiacea Lucas, T.P. 1891. On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(2): 277-306 [297].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 2♂, Australia: [Queensland], Brisbane.
• Hypochroma subornata Warren, W. 1896. New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 335-419 [360].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1♂, 1♀, [Australia]: Queensland, S of Cooktown, Cedar Bay.
• Hypochroma assidens Lucas, T.P. 1901. Queensland Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 16: 73-95 [79].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♂, [Australia]: Queensland, Brisbane.
• Hypodoxa aignanensis Prout, L.B. 1916. New Indo-Australian Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 23: 191-209 [194] [Treated as ssp. of emiliaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, ♀, [Papua New Guinea]: [Louisiade Archipelago], St Aigan.
• Hypochroma basinigra Warren, W. 1902. Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae from the Oriental region. Novitates Zoologicae 9: 340-372 [352] [originally as sp. Treated as ssp. of emiliaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀, British New Guinea [Papua New Guinea] S. Joseph River; River Aroa.
• Hypodoxa fulgurea Prout, L.B. 1913. Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 20: 388-442 [398] [originally as sp. Treated as ssp. of emiliaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Dutch New Guinea [Irian Jaya]: Snow Mountains, near Oetakwa River, up to 3500 ft.
• Hypochroma purpurifera Warren, W. 1899. New species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae and Geometridae from the Old-World Regions. Novitates Zoologicae 6: 1-66 [18] [originally as sp. Treated as ssp. of emiliaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Soloman Island: Tugela.
• Hypochroma purpurissata Lucas, T.P. 1901. Queensland Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 16: 73-95 [77] [originally as sp. Treated as ssp. of emiliaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀, [Australia]: Queensland, Herberton.
• Hypodoxa subleprosa Prout, L.B. 1917. On new and insufficiently known indo australian Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 24: 293-317 [293] [Treated as ssp. of emiliaria by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, 4♀, [Papua New Guinea]: [Louisiade Archipelago], Rossel Island, Mt Rossel.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [471]

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus l'Hérit. [MYRTACEAE] Gum trees).

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