1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: Singapur, Pearl's Hill City Park, 20. Juli 2014, Tagfund (Freilandfoto: Wolfgang Hackbusch), det. (cf.) Egbert FriedrichForum

2: Südafrika, Limpopo, Waterberg, Kololo Game Reserve, 20. Januar 2015 (det. & fot.: Dr. Wolf-Achim Roland)

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Walker (1861: 750) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Acidalia caesaria Walker, 1861 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Acidalia obturbata Walker, 1861 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Acidalia perfectaria Walker, 1861 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Acidalia faeculentaria Mabille, 1879 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Craspedia rufimixtaria Warren, 1900 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Acidalia caesarea Fuchs, 1902 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Scopula defecta Prout, 1933 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Südafrika, Australien, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Oman, Jemen, Indien, Botswana, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Swasiland, Thailand, Taiwan, Mayotte, Simbabwe, Kambodscha und Malawi vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka].

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Hausmann, A. & P. Hebert (2009): Order Lepidoptera, family Geometridae (Part 2). The Geometridae of the UAE revised in the light of mtDNA data. — Arthropod fauna of the UAE 2: 468-479.
• Original description: Walker, F. (1861): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 22: 499-755.

3.5. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [AfroMoths]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]
• [Moths of India]