Ourapteryx alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Ourapteryx
Species: Ourapteryx alba

Ourapteryx alba Cheng & Han in Cheng, Jiang, Zhu, Xu & Han, 2024: 166, figs. 14, 34, 48.

Holotype: IZCAS (genitalia slide no. Geom-02862). ♂. China: Yunnan, Weixi, Tacheng, 2800 m. 13–14.vii.2014. Legit X.-X. Li.

Paratypes (all deposited in IZCAS):

Locality and date same as the holotype. 5♂♂. Legit X.-D. Pan.

China: Yunnan, Weixi, Lidiping, 3200 m. 2♂♂. 13.viii.1984. Legit D.-J. Liu.

China: Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulongshan, 2800–3200 m. 2♂♂, 2♀♀. 14–20.vii.1984. Legit D.-J. Liu.

China: Yunnan, Lijiang, [Yulong,] Gaoshan Zhiwuyuan [= Lijiang Alpine Botanical Garden], 3260 m. 1♂. 20.vi.2009. Legit D.-Y. Xue.

China: Yunnan, Baoshan, Baihualing, 1520 m. 1♀. 11–13.viii.2007. Legit C.-G. Wu.

China: Xizang, Zayü, Cawarong, Longcun, 2883 m. 1♀. 9.ix.2014. Legit H. Liu.

Cheng, R., Jiang, N., Zhu, C.-D., Xu, Y.-Q. & Han, H.-X. 2024. Eleven new species of the genus Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China. Zoological Systematics 49(2): 158–174. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2024205 Reference page.

Cheng, R., Jiang, N., Luo, A.-R., Zhou, Q.-S., Mi, X.-Y., Zhu, C.-D. & Han, H.-X. 2025. Integrative Taxonomy of Ourapteryx Leach (Geometridae, Lepidoptera) Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (in press). DOI: 10.1155/jzs/5450629 Reference page.