Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922

Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 301-328 : 312

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Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 View in CoL

( Figs 24, 25 View FIGURES 19–25 , 47 View FIGURES 42–47 )

Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922: 179 View in CoL , pl. I, fig. 6. Locus typicus: Mozambique: Magude, xi.1918 (C.J. Swierstra) (Holotype Ƌ in TMP).

Zamarada opposita Prout, 1922: 180 View in CoL , pl. I, fig. 23. Syn. Locus typicus: Transvaal (Holotype Ƌ in TMP).

Examined material. 5Ƌ 1♀: 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 G20356 / Ƌ/ BC ZSM Lep 103758) GoogleMaps ; 5♀: S ETHIOPIA SN, Arba Minch , below Hotel Bekele Mola, thornbush, 1310 m (l), 10°26’N 39°53’E, 29.IV.2008, leg. Hacker & Schreier ( ZSM G 20349 / ♀ / BC ZSM Lep 101614; ZSM G 20810/ ♀) GoogleMaps .

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAQ3772 (n=2 from Ethiopia, n=4 from South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia; maximum variation 0.8%). Nearest species: Z. ilma (4.8%).

Distribution. Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe ( Fletcher 1974; Aarvik & Bjørnstad 2007). New for the fauna of Ethiopia and Swaziland.

References

Aarvik, L. & Bjornstad, A. (2007) Review of the genus Zamarada More, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Tanzania, with description of new species. Esperiana Memoir, 3, 7 - 57, pls. 1 - 9.

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.

Figures

FIGURES 19–25. Adults of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar—0.86 cm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides and/or DNA barcoding of the illustrated specimen are given. 19. Zamarada torrida Fletcher, 1974 Ƌ; 20. Zamarada torrida Fletcher, 1974 ♀ (ZSM G 20816); 21. Zamarada hyalinaria (Guenée, 1858) Ƌ (DAEF G 63); 22. Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974 Ƌ (ZSM G 20515); 23. Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974 ♀ (BC ZSM Lep 45524); 24. Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 Ƌ (BC ZSM Lep 46783; ZSM G 20592); 25. Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 ♀.

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).