Prasinocyma pseudopedicata, Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea & Parisi, Francesco, 2016

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 : 11

The immaculata species-group

Eleven species in Ethiopia, including two pairs and one triade of sister species: P. pedicata — P. pseudopedicata sp. n.; P. pumilata — P. tranquilla ; P. getachewi sp. n. — P. baumgaertneri sp. n. — P. oblita . The immaculata speciesgroup is very 'robust' in genetical analyses using different alignment parameters, algorhithms, and also when excluding the third codon. Most species are small. In male genitalia the group shows quite uniform characters, the uncus is sometimes dilated ( P. getachewi sp. n., P. baumgaertneri sp. n.), the valva long and slender, without or with short projections only, sacculus not sclerotized, aedeagus at centre often with caecum, sternum A8 without posterior lobes, evenly bordered or sometimes with very narrow, tapering projections.