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Geometra Linnaeus, 1758

Geometra Linnaeus, 1758; , TS: Phalaena papilionaria Linnaeus
Megalochlora Meyrick, 1892; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1892 (1) : 93 (key), 96, TS: Chlorochroma sponsaria Bremer
Geometra (Geometrini) ; [GME1, 135]; [FE]

Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Phalaena (Geometra) papilionaria Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 522
Phalaena prasinaria Hufnagel, 1767; Berlin. Magazin. 4: 506
Geometra albopunctata Mattuschka, 1805; Raupe- und Schmett.-Tab für Ins.-Sammler: 125
alba Gillmer, 1909
cuneata Burrows, 1905
deleta Burrows, 1905
subcaerulescens Burrows, 1905
subobsoleta Burrows, 1905
diffluata Marschner, 1932
lutescens Bergmann, 1955
obsoleta Osthelder, 1929
Geometra papilionaria, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Geometra papilionaria, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Geometra papilionaria, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Geometra papilionaria, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Geometra papilionaria, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Geometra papilionaria ; [GME1: 136, pl. 3, f. 18]

800x536 (~53Kb) male Littleborough, England, 20.7.1998, Photo © Ian Kimber	800x584 (~105Kb) male Bromierzyk near Sochaczew, central Poland. August 1998. Photo © Marek Michalski	1024x602 (~109Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 31.7.2006 © D. Smirnov
432x340 (~22Kb)

Larva on Betula, B. verrucosa, B. pubescens, Alnus, A. glutinosa, Corylus avellana, Sorbus aucuparia [SPRK]

G. p. papilionaria

EU - Urals, SW.Siberia, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasus

G. p. herbacearia Ménétries, 1859

W.Siberia - SE.Siberia, Korea Geometra papilionaria herbacearia ; [GME1, 137 (note)]; Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 2002

G. p. subrigua (Proute, 1935)

Japan Geometra papilionaria subrigua ; [GME1, 137 (note)]

Geometra sponsaria (Bremer, 1864)

SE.Siberia, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Chlorochroma sponsaria Bremer, 1864; Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. (7) 8 (1) : 77, pl. 6, f. 25, TL: East Siberia, Bureja Mtns; Ema estuary

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References:

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[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[GME1]

Hausmann, 2001; Geometrid Moths Eur. 1: 1-282; Geometrid Moths of Europe, Volume 1: Archiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[Marek Michalski]

Lodz, Poland; e-mail: Marek Michalski

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002

An annotated checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent islands Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 195-235

Bremer, 1864

Lepidopteren Ost-Sibiriens, insbesondere der Amur-Landes, gesammelt von den Herren G. Radde, R. Maack und P. Wulffius Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. (7) 8 (1) : 1-104, 8pls

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Meyrick, 1892

On the classification of the Geometrina of the European fauna Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1892 (1) : 53-140, pl. 3

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