The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini)
Author
Sciarretta, Andrea
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences-University of Molise-Via De Sanctis, I- 86100 Campobasso, Italy SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung M ̹ nchen, M ̹ nchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 M ̹ nchen, Germany
Author
Hausmann, Axel
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-10
4894
3
301
328
journal article
9302
10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.1
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Zamarada pulverosa
Warren, 1895
(
Figs 18
,
43
)
Zamarada pulverosa
Warren, 1895: 158
. Locus typicus:
Cape Province
: Annshaw, 98–249 (pres. by
C.G. Narrett
) (
Neotype
Ƌ designated by
Fletcher (1974)
in NHMUK).
Examined material.
2Ƌ: NW
Ethiopia
,
30km
SE Bahir Dar
,
Tis Isat
,
Blue Nile Falls
,
1640m
(l),
11°29‘08“N
37°35‘28“E
,
25.VI.2008
, leg.
Hacker
&
Schreier
(
ZSM
G 20357/ Ƌ;
ZSM
G 20353 / Ƌ / BC
ZSM
Lep 101617)
.
Genetic data.
BIN
:
BOLD
:ABY4670 (n=1 from
Ethiopia
, n=13 from
South Africa
,
Zimbabwe
; maximum variation 1.6%). Nearest species:
Z. erugatoides
(4.1%),
Z. erugata
(4.6%).
Distribution.
Botswana
,
Kenya
,
Mozambique
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
,
Zimbabwe
(
Swinhoe 1904
;
Gaede 1915
;
Fletcher 1974
). New for the fauna of
Ethiopia
.
Remarks.
Genitalia and DNA barcodes well matching those of the nominotypical populations.