Somatina probleptica

Short description: Species of moth

Somatina probleptica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Genus:  | Somatina
Species:  |

S. probleptica

Binomial name
Somatina probleptica

Prout, 1917[1]

Somatina probleptica is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Nigeria.[2]

## Taxonomy

'Somatina probleptica' is a moth species in the family Geometridae, subfamily Sterrhinae, and tribe Scopulini. It was first described by entomologist Louis Beethoven Prout in 1917 based on specimens collected in 1910 from Panyam, Bauchi Province, Nigeria. The holotype male and paratype female are preserved at the Natural History Museum in London. This species is primarily found in Nigeria, with additional records from Côte d'Ivoire, indicating a distribution within West Africa.[3][4][5][6]

## References

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1. ↑ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
2. ↑ Afro Moths
3. ↑ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Somatina/classification/
4. ↑ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=216999
5. ↑ https://herbulot.de/geometridae/Catalogue/CatalogN/34623
6. ↑ https://www.afromoths.net/species/30909

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