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Chlorissa Stephens, 1831

Chlorissa Stephens, 1831; , TS: Phalaena viridata Linnaeus
Phaiogramma Gumppenberg, 1887; Nova Acta Acad. Caesar Leop. Carol. 49 (4) : 326, TS: Nemoria faustinata Millière

= ; [MOB9, 281]

Aoshakuna Matsumura; , TS: sachalinensis Matsumura

= ; [MOB9, 281]

Phaiogramma (Hemitheini) ; [GME1, 202]; [FE]
Chlorissa (Hemitheini) ; [GME1, 194]; [FE]
Chlorissa (Hemitheiti[?]) ; [MOB9, 281]

Chlorissa viridata (Linnaeus, 1758)

. See [About maps] Kanervamittari Small Grass Emerald
Phalaena (Geometra) viridata Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 523
Phalaena volutata Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 635

= ; [GME1, 195]

?Phalaena herbacea Fourcroy, 1785; Ent. Paris. 2: 282

= ?; [GME1, 195]
= ?Hemithea aestivaria ; [GME1, 195]

Geometra prasinata Werneburg, 1864; Beir. zur Schmet. (1): 225 (repl. 'viridata' Scop & Tr.)

= ; [GME1, 195]

Nemoria viridata ab. mathewi Bankes, 1907; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 19 : 210, TL: South Devon ?

= ; [GME1, 195]

Nemoria viridata ab. rufotincta Burrows, 1908; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 20 : 132

= ; [GME1, 195]

Nemoria viridata ab. olivaceo-marginata Burrows, 1908; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 20 : 132

= ; [GME1, 195]

Nemoria viridata ab. concavilinea Burrows, 1908; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 20 : 132

= ; [GME1, 195]

Nemoria viridata ab. caerulescens Burrows, 1908; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 20 : 132

= ; [GME1, 195]

rosearia Culot, 1910

= ; [GME1, 195]

approximata Lempke, 1949

= ; [GME1, 195]

subobsoleta Lempke, 1949

= ; [GME1, 195]

Chlorissa viridata, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Chlorissa viridata, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Chlorissa viridata, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Chlorissa viridata, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Geometra viridaria ; Hübner, [1799], Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : pl. 2, f. 11 (missp.)
Chlorissa viridata ; [GME1: 195, pl. 7, f. 37]

600x759 (~35Kb) female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti Oravakorpi, 671:53, 13.6.1998, Photo © Markku Savela

959x543 (~97Kb) Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 9.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

260x340 (~14Kb)

Larva on Calluna vulgaris, Empetrum nigrum, Myrica gale [SPRK], Vaccinium uliginosum, Quercus spp., Betula, Salix repens, Potentilla, Galium, Hieracium, Artemisia, Ononis, Clematis, Prunus, Crataegus, Corulus, Rubus, Erica, Ulex, Genista, (reared on) Lotus corniculatus, Crataegus, Ledum palustre [GME1, 197]

C. v. viridata

CEU, SEU, ...

C. v. melinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856)

S.Urals melinaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1848; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 3 (35): pl. 67, f. 413

= Chlorissa viridata ; [GME1, 195]

Geometra (Hemithea) melinaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (55): 63, TL: Urals

= Chlorissa viridata ; [GME1, 195]

C. v. insigniata (Staudinger, 1901)

mountains (C.Asia)

Chlorissa cloraria (Hübner, [1813])

Pyrenees - Italy - S.Germany, S.Poland, Balkans, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine - S.Urals, Turkey, Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia, Transcaucasus. See [About maps] Geometra cloraria Hübner, [1813]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : pl. 68, f. 352
Geometra chlorata Treitschke, 1825; in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 5 (2): 430 (emend.)
Geometra porrinata Zeller, 1848; Stettin ent. Ztg 9 (9): 273, TL: Thüringen, Jena
Geometra porrinaria Heydenreich, 1851; Lepid. Eur. cat. meth. (ed. 3): 50 (emend.?)
Nemoria prasinata Walker, [1863]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 26: 1556 (nom. nud.)
Chlorissa cloraria, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Chlorissa cloraria, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Chlorissa cloraria ; [GME1: 200, pl. 7, f. 38]

Chlorissa etruscaria (Zeller, 1849)

Morocco, Tunisia, SEU - S.Urals, Turkey, Levant, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, N.Iraq, N.Iran - Afghanistan, mountains (C.Asia). See [About maps] Geometra etruscaria Zeller, 1849; Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 10: 203, TL: Italy, Tuscany, Livorno
Nemoria pulmentaria Guenée, 1857; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 349, TL: S.France; Dalmatia; Tialy

= ; [GME1, 203]

Nemoria pulmentata Bellier, 1861; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (3) 8 (4) : 701 (emend.)

= ; [GME1, 203]

Neromla[sic] palaestinensis Fuchs, 1903; Soc. Ent. 18 (7): 51, TL: Israel, Jerusalem

= ; [GME1, 203]

benderi Koutsaftikis, 1973

= ; [GME1, 203]

Chlorissa etruscaria, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Chlorissa etruscaria, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Phaiogramma etruscaria ; [GME1: 203, pl. 7, f. 39]; [FE]

900x609 (~68Kb) female E.Crete, Ag. Nikolaos/Bucht Istron, ex.l. 29.5.1993 Michael Leipnitz, Photo 6.8.1993 © Kimmo Silvonen

Larva on Ferula communis, Paliurus, Rubus caesius, Peucedanum, Bupleurum, Foeniculum, Seseli, Anthriscus, Althaea, Lotus subbiflorus, Clematis vitalba, Quercus ilex, Rosmarinus offininalis, (reared on) Taraxacum officinale, Daucus carota [GME1, 205]

Chlorissa faustinata (Millière, 1868)

NAF, Egypt, Canary Islands, S.Spain, S.Portugal, Cicily, Malta, Crete, S.Greece, Cyprus, Levant, Armenia, Arabia, Iraq, Iran. See [About maps] Nemoria faustinata Millière, 1868; Icon. Desc. Chenilles Lepid. 2 : 436, 449, pl. 96, f. 2-8, TL: Barcelona
Eucrostes rhoisaria Chrétien, 1909; Le Naturaliste 31: 30, TL: Algeria, Biscra

= ; [GME1, 206]

Chlorissa faustinata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Phaiogramma faustinata ; [GME1: 206, pl. 7, f. 40]; [FE]

900x542 (~102Kb) female SPAIN, Mallorca Cala Ratjada u.U., ex.o. 9.1992 Michael Leipnitz, Photo 21.11.1992 © Kimmo Silvonen

Larva on Foeniculum vulgare, Linum grandiflorum, Schinus terebinthifolia, Teline monspessulana, Rhus tripartia, Acacia spp., Acacia nilotica, Crotalaria, Inula marinus officinalis [GME1, 207]

Chlorissa discessa Walker, 1861²

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal. See [About maps] discessa Walker, 1861²
Phaiogramma discessa ; [GME1, 207 (note)]

Chlorissa obliterata (Walker, 1863)

SE.Siberia, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Chlorissa obliterata ; [GME1, 196 (note)]

Chlorissa aquamarina (Hampson, 1895)

NE.Himalaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Hemithea aquamarina Hampson, 1895; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 3: 491
Chlorissa aquamarina ; [MOB9: 282, f. 377-378, pl. 9]

Chlorissa rubrifrons (Warren, 1894)

Bhutan. See [About maps] Hemithea rubrifrons Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 393, TL: Bhutan

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[GME1]

Hausmann, 2001; Geometrid Moths Eur. 1: 1-282; Geometrid Moths of Europe, Volume 1: Archiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MOB9]

Holloway, J. D., 1996; The Moths of Borneo, Part 9; Family Geometridae, Subfamilies Oenochrominae, Desmobathrinae and Geometrinae

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bankes, 1907

Nemoria viridata, L., ab. mathewi, n. ab. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 19 : 210

Bellier, 1861

Observations sur la faune entomologique de la Sicile. Lépidoptères de Sicile Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (3) 8 (4) : 674-713

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Volume 9. Uranides et Phalénites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9 : 1-514, Atlas (Uranides & Phalenides): pl. 1-10, (Uranides) pl. 1 (1858), Atlas (Uranides, Phalenides, Siculides): pl. 12-22, (1858) pl.

Burrows, 1908

Nemoria viridata, Linn. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 20 : 127-135

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Fourcroy, 1785

Entomologia parisiensis, sive catalogus Insectorum, etc. Ent. Paris. 2: 233-544

Gumppenberg, 1887

Systema Geometrarum zonae temperatioris septentrionalis - Systematische Bearbeitung der Spanner der nördlichen gemässigten Zone. (1) Nova Acta Acad. Caesar Leop. Carol. 49 (4) : 233-400

Hampson, 1895

Fauna of Br. India including Ceylone and Burma Fauna Br. India (Moths) 3: 28 + 546pp

Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, Die Spanner, (1843-) 1847 (-1856) Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 3 (1): pl. 1, f. 1-7 (1843), (8): [1], 2-8, pl. 2-11, f. 8-65 (1844), (12): pl. 12-20, f. 66-123 (1845), (16): pl. 21-30, f. 124-188 (1846), (18): 9-16 (1846), (20): pl. 31-40, f. 189-247 (1846), (24): 17-40, (ii) pl. 41-50, f. 248-310 (1847), (25): pl. 51-55, f. 311-339 (1847), (26): pl. 56, f. 340-345 (1847), (27): 41-72 (1847), (31): 73-120, pl. 57-59, f. 346-367 (1848), (32): 121-168, pl. 60-61, f. 368-378 (1848), (35): 169-183, [184], pl. 62-69, f. 370-428 (1848), (36): pl. 70-71, f. 429-440 (1848), (43): pl. 72-73, f. 441-450 (1850), (45): pl. 74, f. 451-456 (1850), (50): pl. 75-78, f. 457-484 (1851), (52): pl. 79-87, f. 485-539 (1851), (60): pl. 88, f. 540-544 (1853), (63): pl. 89, f. 545-554 (1854), (65): pl. 90, f. 555-560 (1854), (66): (index) [1], 2-34 (1855), (69): pl. 91, f. 561-567 (1856)

Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]

Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, Sechter un letzter Band, 1843-1856 Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (1): (i) pl. I (1843), (3): (i) I-II, pl. II-IV (1844), (6): (i) pl. V (1844), (7): (i) pl. VI (1844), (8): (i) III-X, pl. VII-VIII (1844), (9): (i) pl. IX-XI (1844), (11): (i) pl. XII (1845), (13): (i) XI-XIV, pl. XIII-XIV (1846), (17): (i) pl. XVI (1846), (22): (ii) pl. I-III (1847), (35): (i) pl. XV (1848), (36): (i) pl. XVII-XIX (1848), (37): (i) pl. XX (1849), (?38): (i) XV-XVIII (1849), (38): (i) pl. XXI-XXII (1849), (40): (ii) I-II-IV, pl. IV-IX (1849), (48): [1], 2-24 (1851), (55): 25-80, (iv) [1], 2-36 (1852), (60): (ii) V-VIII, pl. X-XIV (iv) 37-40 (1853), (65): (iv) 41-60 (1854), (66): (iv) 61-72 (1855), (68): 81-152 (1855), (69): 153-178, (Index univ.) [1], 2-48 (1856), (69): (Schlusswort) i-iv (1856)

Hübner, [1799]; Hübner, [1813]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. V. Geometrae - Spanner ("Vierte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : pl. 1-59, f. 1-307 (1796-1799), : pl. 60, f. 308-312 (1799-1800), : pl. 61-66, f. 313-346 (1800-1809), : pl. 67-89, f. 347-460 (1809-1813), : pl. 90-95, f. 461-492 (1814-1817), : pl. 96-98, f. 493-508 (1818-1819), : pl. 99-100, f. 509-519 (1819-1822), : pl. 101-102, f. 520-531 (1824-1825), : pl. 103-105, f. 532-549 (1825-1826), : pl. 106-108, f. 550-568 (1828-1831), : pl. 109-111, f. 569-585 (1833), : pl. 112-113, f. 586-596 (1838), : [1-14], 15-24 (1800?)

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Millière, 1868

Iconographie et Description de Chenilles et Lépidoptères inédits Icon. Desc. Chenilles Lepid. 2 : 1-506, pl. 51-100

Walker, [1863]

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1478-1796 ([1863])

Warren, 1894

New genera and species of Geometridae Novit. zool. 1 (2): 366-466

Zeller, 1848

Lepidopterische Mittheilungen Stettin ent. Ztg 9 (7): 221-223, (9): 273-277

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