Orbamia becki Hausmann, 2006

Tujuba, Tesfu Fekensa, Hausmann, Axel & Sciarretta, Andrea, 2020, Revision of the Orbamia Herbulot, 1966 group of genera with description of two new genera, ten new species, and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Cassymini), ZooKeys 929, pp. 53-77 : 53

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.929.50391
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scientific name	Orbamia becki Hausmann, 2006
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Treatment

Orbamia becki Hausmann, 2006 Figures 3 View Figures 1–18 , 21 View Figures 19–27 , 39 View Figures 37–45 , 57 View Figures 55–63 , 74 View Figures 73–84

Orbamia becki : Hausmann (2006): 42 (Holotype ♂ in ZSM: G 13627; locus typicus: Yemen: Al Hudaydah, Jebel Burra).

Examined material (ZSM).

57♂♀ from Yemen, Ethiopia and Djibouti (ZSM G 13478/♂; ZSM G 13628/♀; ZSM G 13649/♀; ZSM G 13636/♂; ZSM G 13637/♀/ ZSM G 13650/♀; ZSM G 20927/♀).

Differential features

(COI sequences, photographs of adults and their genitalia see https://dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-ORBAMIA): Adult: Forewing length: 9.5-12 mm. Upperside of wings: Ground colour pale brown. Underside: Ground colour whitish with yellowish tinge, on forewing with some dark suffusion, terminal fascia on all wings complete. Male genitalia very similar to those of O. octomaculata : Uncus stout, triangular, valva strongly (rectangularly) bent, dorsal process with small spinule at tip, cornutus short and stout (1.5 mm). Female genitalia very similar to those of O. octomaculata : Lamella antevaginalis U-shaped (0.6-0.7 mm), signum sclerotised, transversely oval, transverse ridge curved (0.3-0.5 mm).

Remarks.

Allopatric vicariant of O. octomaculata . Orbamia becki is the only species of this genus that has also been recorded outside Africa in Yemen, southern Arabia.