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Semiothisa Hübner, 1818

Semiothisa Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 27, 30, TS: Semiothisa gambaria Hübner
Parasemia Hübner, 1823; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : 30 (preocc. Parasemia Hübner, [1820]), TS: Parasemia agnitaria Hübner

= Macaria ;

Osteodes Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10 : 177 (preocc. Osteodes Conrad, 1885 (Mollusca)), TS: Osteodes procidata Guenée

= Chiasmia ;

Azata Walker, 1860; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 272, TS: Azata idriasaria Walker

= Macaria ;

Discalma Meyrick, 1892; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 6 (4) : 585 (key), 590, TS: Tephrina normata Walker

= Chiasmia ;

Tephrinopsis Warren, 1896; Novit. zool. 3 : 412, TS: Aspilates parallelaria Walker

= Discalma ; [AUCL]
= Chiasmia ;

Hyostomodes Warren, 1897; Novit. zool. 4 : 252, TS: Hyostomodes nubilata Warren

= Chiasmia ;

Peridela Warren, 1897; Novit. zool. 4 : 110, TS: Peridela crassata Warren

= Chiasmia ;

Loxopora Warren, 1914; Ann. S Afr. Mus. 10 : 492, TS: Loxopora dentilineata Warren

= Chiasmia ;

Neomacaria Wehrli, 1937; Ent. Z., Frankfr. a.M. 51: 119, TS: Tephrina verecundaria Leech

= Chiasmia ;

Semiothisa (Semiothisini) ; [NACL, 89]
Discalma (Macariini) ; [AUCL]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Isturgia; Hübner, 1823

This genus is in total disarray now. Confusion what should be moved in to Macaria or Chiasmia or somewhere else?

Semiothisa gambaria Hübner, 1818

Surinam. See [About maps] Semiothisa gambaria Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 27, : pl. [28], f. 159-160, TL: Surinam

Semiothisa procidata (Guenée, 1857)

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Osteodes procidata Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10 : 177, TL: Ethiopia

Semiothisa turbulentata (Guenée, 1857)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Osteodes turbulentata Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10 : 177, TL: Cape
Osteodes procidata eritreënsis Prout, 1915; Novit. zool. 22 : 348, TL: Eritrea, Asmara

Semiothisa agnitaria (Hübner, 1823)

Brazil (Bahia). See [About maps] Parasemia agnitaria Hübner, 1823; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : 30, : pl. [66], f. 381-382, TL: Bahia

Semiothisa idriasaria (Walker, 1860)

India. See [About maps] Azata idriasaria Walker, 1860; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 273

Semiothisa nubilata (Warren, 1897)

Tanzania. See [About maps] Hyostomodes nubilata Warren, 1897; Novit. zool. 4 : 252, pl. 5, f. 11, TL: [Ukamba] Muani (Innani)

Semiothisa crassata (Warren, 1897)

Zambia. See [About maps] Peridela crassata Warren, 1897; Novit. zool. 4 : 110, TL: Luangwa River, Mpeta

Semiothisa dentilineata (Warren, 1914)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Loxopora dentilineata Warren, 1914; Ann. S Afr. Mus. 10 : 493, pl. 41, f. 7, TL: Cape Town

Semiothisa albivia (Prout, 1915)

Cameroons. See [About maps] Macaria albivia Prout, 1915; Novit. zool. 22 : 349, TL: Bitye, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft

Semiothisa percnoptera (Prout, 1915)

Cameroons. See [About maps] Macaria percnoptera Prout, 1915; Novit. zool. 22 : 350, TL: Bitye, Ja River, Cameroons

Semiothisa natalensis Warren, 1904²

Natal?. See [About maps] natalensis Warren, 1904²; Novit. zool. 11 : 479

S. n. coronoleucas (Prout, 1915)

Madagascar Macaria natalensis coronoleucas Prout, 1915; Novit. zool. 22 : 352, TL: Madagascar, Ambinanindrano, 50km W of Mahanoro

Semiothisa orthostates (Prout, 1915)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Macaria orthostates Prout, 1915; Novit. zool. 22 : 352, TL: Madagascar, Antananarivo

Semiothisa majestica Warren, 1901²

Angola, Rhodesia, British East Africa. See [About maps] majestica Warren, 1901²; Novit. zool. 8 : 213, TL: Angola

S. m. tropica (Prout, 1915)

Gold Coast Macaria majestica tropica Prout, 1915; Novit. zool. 22 : 353, TL: Gambaga, Gold Coast

Semiothisa decorata Warren, 1906

French Guiana, .... See [About maps] Semiothisa decorata Warren, 1906; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 30 (1456) : 527, TL: St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana

Semiothisa kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892)

E.Africa, .... See [About maps] Gonodela[sic?] kilimanjarensis Holland, 1892; Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 95
Gonodela[sic] zombina Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 683, TL: Zomba

= ; [NHM]

Gonodela[sic] kilimanjarensis Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 256, pl. 8, f. 4

Semiothisa rhabdophora (Holland, 1892)

E.Africa, .... See [About maps] Gonodela[sic?] rhabdophora Holland, 1892; Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 95
Gonodela[sic] rhabdophora Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 256, pl. 8, f. 5

Semiothisa umbrata (Warren, 1897)

Congo. See [About maps] umbrata (Warren, 1897); Novit. zool. 4 : 109
Semiothisa sherrata Swinhoe, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 505, TL: Congo

= ; [NHM]

Semiothisa cararia Swinhoe, 1904

E.Africa. See [About maps] Semiothisa cararia Swinhoe, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 507, TL: Muani, Brit. East Africa

Semiothisa maculosata Warren, 1896

E.Africa. See [About maps] maculosata Warren, 1896; Novit. zool. 3 : 141
Semiothisa tattaria Swinhoe, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 508, TL: Kirbehs, Brit. E. Africa

= ; [NHM]

Semiothisa assimilis Warren, 1899²

E.Africa. See [About maps] assimilis Warren, 1899²; Novit. zool. 6 : 310
Semiothisa instructaria Swinhoe, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 508, TL: Kilimanjaro; Teita, Brit. E. Africa

= ; [NHM]

Semiothisa uvidaria Swinhoe, 1904

E.Africa. See [About maps] Semiothisa uvidaria Swinhoe, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 509, TL: Tana River, Brit. E. Africa

Semiothisa butaria Swinhoe, 1904

E.Africa. See [About maps] Semiothisa butaria Swinhoe, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 510, TL: Kilimanjaro

Semiothisa normata (Walker, 1861)

AU, Ceylon. See [About maps] Tephrina normata Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 23: 966, TL: [Queensland] Moreton Bay
Aspilates parallelaria Walker, [1863]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 26: 1680, TL: Ceylon

= ; [AUCL]

Aspilates exfusaria Walker, [1863]

= ; [AUCL]

Tephrina desiccata Walker, 1866

= ; [AUCL]

Epione malefidaria Mabille, 1880

= ; [AUCL]

Tephrinopsis congener Warren, 1897

= ; [AUCL]

Discalma normata ; [AUCL]

Semiothisa bejucoaria Dyar, 1914

Panama. See [About maps] Semiothisa bejucoaria Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 240, TL: Bejuco R.

Semiothisa umbratilis (Butler, 1875)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Gnophos umbratilis Butler, 1875; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 418, TL: Natal
Semiothisa umbratilis ; [NHM]

Semiothisa arenosa (Butler, 1875)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Aspilates arenosa Butler, 1875; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 419, TL: Natal
Semiothisa arenosa ; [NHM]

Semiothisa lautusaria (Swinhoe, 1902)

Sumatra, .... See [About maps] Macaria lautusaria Swinhoe, 1902; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1902 (3) : 616, TL: Sumatra; Penang
Semiothisa lautusaria ; [NHM]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Volume 10. Uranides et Phalénites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 10 : 1-584, Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides): pl. 1-11, (Uranides) pl. 1 (1858), Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides, Siculides): pl. 12-22, (Siculides) pl. 1 (1858)

Butler, 1875

On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Southern Africa, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 394-420

Butler, 1894

On two collection of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 643-684, pl. 60 (1894)

Dyar, 1914

Report on the lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 139-350

Holland, 1892

Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 89-95

Holland, 1896

List of the Lepidoptera Collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbot, with descriptions of some apparently new Species Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 229-258, pl. 7-8

Hübner, 1818

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (post 22nd December 1818), : pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), : pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), : pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)

Hübner, 1823

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 2 [1819-] 1823 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (1823), : pl. [36-38], f. 201-218 (1819), : pl. [39-66], f. 219-382 (1819 - 1821), : pl. [67-69], f. 383-400 (1821 - 1822)

Leech, 1897

On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19 : 180-235, : 297-349, : 414-462, pl. 6-7, : 543-573, : 640-679

Meyrick, 1892

Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. V Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 6 (4) : 581-678

Möschler, 1887

Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste Abh. Senckenb. nat. Ges. 15 : 49-100, pl., f. 1-24

Prout, 1915

New genera and species of African Geometridae Novit. zool. 22 : 311-385

Röber, 1891

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891), 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)

Swinhoe, 1902

New and little known species of Drepanulidae, Epiplemidae, Microniidae and Geometridae in the National collection Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1902 (3) : 585-677

Swinhoe, 1904

On the Geometridae of Tropical Africa in the National Collection Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (3) : 497-590

Walker, 1860; Walker, 1861; Walker, [1863]

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1479-1796 ([1863])

Warren, 1896

New Geometridae in the Tring Museum Novit. zool. 3 : 99-148

Warren, 1896

New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum Novit. zool. 3 : 335-419

Warren, 1897

New genera and species of moths from the Old World regions, in the Tring Museum Novit. zool. 4 : 12-130, : 378-402

Warren, 1897

New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum Novit. zool. 4 : 195-262

Warren, 1899

New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian region Novit. zool. 6 : 287-312

Warren, 1900

New genera and species of Thyrididae and Geometridae from Africa Novit. zool. 7 : 90-98

Warren, 1901

Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian region Novit. zool. 8 : 202-217

Warren, 1902

New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae and Geometridae in the Tring Museum Novit. zool. 9 : 487-536

Warren, 1904

New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian region Novit. zool. 11 : 461-482

Warren, 1905

New species of Geometridae from the Aethiopian region Novit. zool. 12 : 34-40

Warren, 1906

Descriptions of new genera and species of South American Geometrid moths Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 30 (1456) : 399-557

Warren, 1914

Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the South African Museum Ann. S Afr. Mus. 10 : 467-510, pl. 40-41

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