Genus Scotocyma Turner, 1904

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scotocyma Turner, A.J. 1904. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Family Geometridae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 16: 218-284 [220 (key), 245].

  Type species:

   Scotosia albinotata Walker, 1866 by original designation.
• Paragramma Warren, W. 1905. New species of Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae, from the Oriental Region. Novitates Zoologicae 12: 410-438 [424].

  Type species:

   Paragramma mimula Warren, 1905 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Historically researchers have had difficulty with the tribal placement of this genus. Both McQuillan and Edwards (1996) and Holloway (1997) left the genus unplaced; although Holloway suggested an affinity with the Xanthorhoini on a character of the male genitalia. Schmidt (2003, 2005) later confirmed this relationship in a comparative study of Scotocyma and other Xanthorhoini and a revision of the genus.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

In subtropical and tropical primary forest at 340-1800 m. Distribution is atypical for the Larentiinae, which are most diverse, by far, in the temperate zones. Australasia: Borneo, Sulawesi and Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, New Caledonia, Fiji and eastern Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References