taxonID	type	description	language	source
D24C5F19490610F9ABB670C3263778F8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Cataclysme subtilisparsata differs from the closely related Cataclysme riguata by its slightly larger size. Wingspan in the latter 20 - 25 mm (n> 100) in the former 23 - 27 mm (n = 16), in one specimen from Hakkari, however, only 21 mm. The ground colour is notably lighter, on average. Specimens with darkened basal and medium field never occur in Cataclysme riguata. Despite a wide range of variation the transverse lines, especially basal and antemedial lines, are often more zigzagging and thus more reminiscent of Cataclysme uniformata (Bellier 1862) than of Cataclysme riguata. Furthermore, the forewing cell spots are usually absent in the latter. In male genitalia, pseudojuxta of Cataclysme riguata (Fig. 7 a) round, in Cataclysme subtilisparsata elongate sub-rectangular (Fig. 5 a). In female genitalia, ductus bursae of Cataclysme riguata (Fig. 8) larger, more robust and more strongly sclerotised than in Cataclysme subtilisparsata (Fig. 6)	en	Stadie, Dirk, Hausmann, Axel, Rajaei Sh., Hossein (2014): Cataclysme subtilisparsata Wehrli, 1932 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) recognized as bona species - an integrative approach. Nota Lepidopterologica 37 (2): 141-150, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7681, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7681
