A REVISION OF 



THE ETHIOPIAN SPECIES 



AND A CHECK LIST OF THE 



WORLD SPECIES OF CLEORA 



(LEPIDOPTERA : GEOMETRIDAE) 



By D. S. FLETCHER 



CONTENTS 



Synopsis 



Material Examined 



Acknowledgements 



Treatment 



Cleora Curtis . 



Taxonomic History 



Affinities 



Distribution 



Biology 



Species-Groups 



Key to Species 



Description of Species 

 Check List of Species 

 Species to be moved from Cleora when genera are available; 

 Species moved from Cleora to other genera 

 References ....... 



Index ........ 



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SYNOPSIS 



The species of the genus Cleora occurring in the Mascarene islands and continental Africa 

 south of the Sahara are described and illustrated. A key to the species based on the male 

 genitalia is included. The 24 species previously known are re-characterized and 22 species and 

 10 subspecies are described for the first time. A brief history of the genus is given and the 

 affinities of Cleora with other Old World genera are discussed. A check list of the world species 

 of Cleora is included. Species described originally in the genus, but now known to belong 

 elsewhere, have also been listed ; wherever it has been possible to place these species with 

 precision, the new binomen is given. 



MATERIAL EXAMINED 



The holotypes or lectotypes of all but three of the Ethiopian species have been 

 studied ; the type of Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval) has not been found, but the 

 original illustration is adequate for identification ; C. quadrimaculata (Janse) and 

 C. nigrisparsalis (Janse) have also been determined from original illustrations. 



In addition to the material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural 

 History), which now includes the large and very rich collections of Lord Rothschild, 

 J. J. Joicey, Charles Oberthur and L. B. Prout, material has been loaned by the 

 following : 



