Pingasa distensaria ( Walker, 1860 )

Hausmann, Axel, Parisi, Francesco & Sciarretta, Andrea, 2014, The geometrid moths of Ethiopia I: tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 460-468 : 463

Pingasa distensaria ( Walker, 1860)

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Type locality. Not stated ( BMNH) .

Material. ZSM: Keffa 1♂ (locality no. 7) ; Keffa 1♂ (10); Gamo Gofa 1♀ (18); Gamo Gofa 1♀ (3).

Genetic data. Ethiopian populations genetically diverging from those of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe ( subsp. respondens ) by 3.3%, suggesting the potential need for raising the taxon respondens up to the rank of species. For verifying the identity (and the provenience) of nominotypical P. distensaria , the type specimen should be DNA barcoded.

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. The Geometrid moths of Ethiopia I: tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini (photos F. Parisi; all figured specimens from Ethiopia). 1. Pingasa rhadamaria signifrontaria (Mabille, 1893), female, wingspan: 35mm; 2. Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887), male, wingspan: 31mm; 3. Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860), male, wingspan: 31mm; 4. Pingasa abyssinaria (Guenée, 1858), male, wingspan: 38mm; 5. Pingasa pallidata de Joannis, 1912, male, wingspan: 31mm; 6. Pingasa ruginaria interrupta Warren, 1901, male, wingspan: 35mm; 7. Microbaena pulchra minor Hausmann, 1996, male, wingspan: 15mm; 8. Comibaena theodori sp. nov., male, holotype, wingspan: 25mm; 9. Comibaena theodori sp. nov., female, paratype, wingspan: 26mm.