was first described in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in 1910, and this island is probably the origin of this species. Later, it was also found in the Caribbean (Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago). Up until the present, it has only been identified within buildings (a synanthropic species), and its natural habitat is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Gnophopsodos Wehrli, 1945 has recently been under revision (Erlacher Erlacher 2016). For three out of nine species belonging to the taxon, the females have hitherto been unknown, one of them being G. ravistriolaria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharissa is a species-rich genus within the geometrid subfamily Ennominae, and is widely distributed in the Palaearctic and the Oriental regions; one species also occurs in the Nearctic. Their perfect adaptation to rocks on which they rest during daytime makes them sometimes difficult to tell apart on habitus. For that it is often necessary to analyze their genitalia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe subgenus Pterygnophos Wehrli, 1951 within the genus Charissa Curtis, 1826 nomen protectum (= Hyposcotis Hübner, [1825] nomen oblitum) is taxonomically revised based on morphology and DNA barcoding. The subgenus comprises four species in total which are presented in detail. Diagnostic characters are depicted and keys to the species based on the morphology of male and female genitalia are provided.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a comprehensive morphological study besides results of DNA barcoding the genus Gnophopsodos Wehrli, 1945 is taxonomically revised. The taxon comprises nine species. Diagnostic characters are depicted and a key to the species based on the morphology of male genitalia is provided.
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