Ourapteryx arcuata

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:

Name

Ourapteryx arcuata Jiang & Cheng in Cheng, Jiang, Zhu, Xu & Han, 2024: 161, figs. 4, 25, 42.

Holotype: IZCAS (genitalia slide no. Geom-03116). ♂. China: Yunnan, Gongshan, Alameng, 2314 m. 20–21.vii.2015. Legit Y. Li.

Paratypes (all deposited in IZCAS):

Data same as the holotype. 5♂♂, 1♀.

China: Yunnan, Lijiang, Yushuizhai, 2680 m. 3♂♂, 2♀♀. 21.vi.2009. Legerunt D.-Y. Xue & C. Yang.

China: Yunnan, Lijiang, [Yulong,] Gaoshan Zhiwuyuan [= Lijiang Alpine Botanical Garden], 3260 m. 2♂♂, 2♀♀. 15–20.vi.2009. Legerunt D.-Y. Xue & H.-X. Han.

China: Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulongshan, 2700–2800 m. 5♂♂, 4♀♀. 15–20.vii.1984. Legit D.-J. Liu.

China: Yunnan, Tengchong, Danzha Linchang [= Danzha Tree Farm (胆扎林场), now merged to Sujiang National Tree Farm (苏江国有林场)], 2479 m. 1♂. 30.vi–1.vii.2014. X.-X. Li.

China: Yunnan, Yulong, Tianchi, 2570 m. 1♀. 9–12.viii.2016. Legit X.-S. Ban & Lan-Bin Xiang.

References

Primary references

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.

Additional references

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.