Species Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
- Acidalia caesaria caesaria Walker, F. 1861. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 22: 499-755 [750].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 5 ♂, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. - Acidalia obturbata Walker, F. 1861. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 22: 499-755 [755].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. - Acidalia perfectaria Walker, F. 1861. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 756-1020 [783].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂. - Acidalia faeculentaria Mabille, P. 1880. Comptes Rendus. Diagnoses Lepidopterorum Malgassicorum. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 23:xxiii, xviii: 16–27.
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Madagascar. - Craspedia rufimixtaria Warren, W. 1900. New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epilemidae and geometridae from the Indo-Australian and Palaearctic regions. Novitates Zoologicae 7: 98-116 [104].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Tenimber [Tanimbar] Islands: Selaru. - Acidalia caesarea Fuchs, A. 1902. Beiträge zur kenntniss der Lepidopteren - fauna von Sumatra. Erste besprechen: neue Geometriden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 55: 81-92 [84] [subjective synonym].
- Scopula caesaria defecta Prout, L.B. 1933. Title unknown. In, Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World). Volumes 13-16, African Fauna. Stuttgart Vol. 16 pp. 1-160. [68] [subjective synonym].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
General References
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. [222] (Note #341: Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861) and S. obturbata (Walker, 1861) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to S. caesaria (Walker) by Moore (1887:454) as first reviser)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETROIDEA | 04-Dec-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Di Moyle (TMAG) |
| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETRIDAE | 15-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 21-Feb-2022 | 28-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-May-2010 | MODIFIED |