Prasinocyma germinaria ( Guenée, 1858 ), Guenee, 1858

Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea & Parisi, Francesco, 2016, The Geometrinae of Ethiopia II: Tribus Hemistolini, genus Prasinocyma (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 4065 (1), pp. 1-63 : 24

Prasinocyma germinaria ( Guenée, 1858)

( Figs 22 , 63 , 93 )

Prasinocyma germinaria Guenée (1858) : 360. Locus typicus: 'Ethiopia' (not specified in detail), (Holotype ♂ MNHN, Paris, type photograph and type genitalia drawing examined in NHM).

Material. Amhara: 1♂, Lake Tana (no. 82; BC ZSM Lep 83222, gen.prp. ZSM G 19589). Oromia: 2♂, West Shoa (locality no. 28; BC ZSM Lep 10047, 10062; gen.prp. ZSM G 19400); 2♂, Agere Maryam (no. 48; gen.prp. ZSM G 19634); 1♂, Bale (no. 39; gen.prp. DAEF GS). Southern Nations: 1♀, Kaffa (no. 62); 2♀, Kaffa (no. 31).

Redescription. Adult ( Fig. 22 ). Wingspan. Male and female 24 – 30 mm. Ground colour bluish green, irrorated with white strigulae. Forewings without spot at the inner termen. On fore- and hindwings, black discal dot present but variable in intensity, terminal dots absent. Hindwing termen round. Length of male palpi 1.2 times diameter of eye, tip and upperside brown, underside white. In female palpi twice of diameter of eye. Frons brown. Antennae bipectinate in male, filiform in female. Antennal branches pale ochre. Male frenulum present. Male hindtibia with white pencil and four spurs.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 63 ). Uncus dilated at centre. Valva broad, ventral margin with round subapical lobe. Distal part of sacculus sclerotized, with a harpe directed to the base and rectangulary bent towards the costa at tip, densely covered by bristles. Aedeagus comparatively short, length 1.45 – 1.65 mm, sigmoid, with two lateral sclerites, one sclerite slightly dentate. Sternum A8 poorly sclerotized, with two shallow, truncate projections.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 93 , described from NHM specimen). Sterigma strongly furrowed transversely, curved around antrum. Lamella postvaginalis with transverse furrows. Ductus burrsae long and narrow, towards antrum sclerotized. corpus bursae small, globular. Signum conspicuous.

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD: AAH 7602. Intraspecific variation elevated (1.0%). Nearest neighbours in Ethiopia: P. magica sp. n. (4.9%) and P. batesi distans subsp. n. (5.1%).

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 24. Adults of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar— 1 cm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides, and / or DNA barcoding, and / or nomenclatural status of the illustrated specimen are given. 19. Prasinocyma corrugata Fletcher, 1958 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19653); 20. Prasinocyma fusca sp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 81820; Holotype); 21. Prasinocyma leveneorum sp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 85808 - 84634; Holotype); 22. Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858) (BC ZSM Lep 83222); 23. Prasinocyma magica sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 16065; Paratype); 24. Prasinocyma batesi distans subsp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 85806 - 83224).

FIGURES 60 – 63. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar (s) — 1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 60. Prasinocyma corrugata Fletcher, 1958 (gen. prp. DAEF GO 1); 61. Prasinocyma fusca sp. n. (gen. prp. DAEF GP 1); 62. Prasinocyma leveneorum sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 19652); 63. Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858) (gen. prp. ZSM G 19400).

FIGURES 92 – 97. Female genitalia of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar (s) — 1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 92. Prasinocyma fusca sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 16218); 93. Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858) (ex NHM); 94. Prasinocyma aquamarina sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 19455); 95. Prasinocyma lutulenta sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 16040); 96. Prasinocyma septentrionalis sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 19408); 97. Prasinocyma neglecta Prout, 1921 (gen. prp. ZSM G 16057).