Pingasa lahayei ( Oberthür, 1887 )

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 : 462-463

Pingasa lahayei ( Oberthür, 1887)

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Type locality. Algeria: Oran, Aïn-Sefra , Lahaye.

Material. ZSM: Gamo Gofa 1♂ (locality no. 3).

Genetic data. genetically well fitting into the cluster of P. lahayei as represented by 18 specimens from eight different countries in Africa.

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.