Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895

Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 301-328 : 309

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Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 View in CoL

( Figs 18 View FIGURES 10–18 , 43 View FIGURES 42–47 )

Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895: 158 View in CoL . 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) GoogleMaps .

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.

References

Fletcher, D. S. (1974) A revision of the old world genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the British Museum natural History, Entomology, Supplement 22, 1 - 498, 123 pls., 5 maps.

Gaede, M. (1915) Lepidoptera von Herrn P. Range im Nama-Land, Deutsch S. W. Afrika, gesammelt. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 29, 144 - 148.

Swinhoe, C. (1904) On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1904 (3), 497 - 590. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1904. tb 02755. x

Figures

FIGURES 10–18. Adults of Ethiopian Zamarada 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. 10. Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 Ƌ; 11. Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 ♀; 12. Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909 Ƌ (ZSM G 20597); 13. Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909 ♀; 14. Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1857) Ƌ (ZSM G 20211); 15. Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1857) ♀; 16. Zamarada erugatoides sp. n. Ƌ (BC ZSM Lep 13737; ZSM G 20325, holotype); 17. Zamarada erugatoides sp. n. ♀ (paratype); 18. Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 Ƌ (ZSM G 20357).

FIGURES 42–47. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar(s)—1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 42. Zamarada erugatoides sp.n. (gen.prp. ZSM G 20200, paratype); 43. Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20353); 44. Zamarada torrida Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20302); 45. Zamarada hyalinaria (Guenée, 1857) (gen.prp. ZSM G 20955); 46. Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20195); 47. Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20356).