Species Metallochlora militaris (Lucas, 1891)

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• Iodis [sic] militaris 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 [295] [Treated as ssp. by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1♂, 1♀, Australia: [Queensland], Brisbane.
• Metallochlora dotata Warren, W. 1896. New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 335-419 [367].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1♂, 1♀, [Australia]: Queensland, Port Mackay.
• Metallochlora flavifimbria Warren, W. 1896. New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 335-419 [367].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia: Queensland, near Cairns, Geraldton.
• Metallochlora apicalis Prout, L.B. 1922. New Geometridae from Central Ceram. Bulletin of the Hill Museum (Witley) 1(2): 279-299 [286] [Treated as ssp. of militaris by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, [Moluccas]: Ceram [Seram] (central), Manusela, 6000 ft.
• Metallochlora roseipuncta Prout, L.B. 1933. Geometridae. Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterling der Erde 12: 77-116 [Treated as ssp. of militaris by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, [Papua New Guinea]: Louisiade Archipelago, Sudest Island.
• Metallochlora satisfacta Prout, L.B. 1917. On new and insufficiently known indo australian Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 24: 293-317 [298] [Treated as ssp. of militaris by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 4♀, [Papua New Guinea]:[ D'Entrecasteaux Islands], Goodenough Island, 2500-4000 ft.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [596]

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