Five new species of the genus Paromphacodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae) from High Andes in Ecuador Lindt, Aare Tasane, Tõnis Õunap, Erki Viidalepp, Jaan Zootaxa 2017 4303 3 395 406 Lindt, Tasane, Ounap Lindt, Tasane, Ounap [151,702,151,178] Insecta Geometridae Paromphacodes Animalia Lepidoptera 7 402 Arthropoda species alpha    Holotype: ♂, Ecuador[ Chimborazo prov.], Alao,  3560 m,  17.iv.2007, 01°52’55”S, 78°28’31”W,  HolotypeID IZBE0  122047, (slide 8325), DNAvoucher  32v, BIN: BOLD:ACZ1305. The Holotypeis deposited in the IZBEinsect collection,  Tartu,  Estonia. Paratypes, 2♂, the same collecting data but DNA vouchers 29v, BIN: BOLD: ACZ 1305, and DNA voucher 34v, (slides 203);  1♂, Ecuador, [ Cotopaxi prov.], Cotopaxi  3560 m,  16.iv.2007, 00°38'59”S, 78°30'41”W( A. Lindt), DNAvoucher  29v, BIN: BOLD: ACZ 1305, (slide 8915).  3♂, Ecuador, PichinchaProv.,  3 kmNO Nono,  3062 m, 0°02'52"S, 78°35'32"W,  22.x.2011, leg. V. Sinaev& O. Romanov( DNAbarcodes: BC ZSM Lep92527, 90582, 90630). Paratypesare deposited in the IZBEcollection, in the ZSMcollection and in the private collection of A. Lindt.   Diagnosis.Similar with  P. alticola  sp. nov.from Cotopaxiin its male genitalia (Fig. 8), wing pattern and colour, differing in colour of fringe which are unchequered, lined basally thinner and dark grey-brown rather than red-brown, and with DNA barcode difference 14.6–16.5% ( Tab. 1). Compared to  P. onae  sp. nov., lacking hind wing discal spots; the ventral edge of the costal plate is slimly folded, much less than in  P. alticola  sp. nov.and  P. onae  sp. nov.   Description.Wing span, 25 mm. The frons is reddish in the upper half, whitish in the lower part; the interantennal fillet is white, the vertex green, a red-brown line in between. The palpi are red-brown, slightly projecting beyond the frons. The pectinations of male antennae are 2.5 times longer than the diameter of the shaft. The thorax and dorsum of abdomen are green, a white spot at the tergite A1 is edged dark brown, while the white spots at tergites A2 and A3 are surrounded light brown. The forewings are deep green, the hindwings white. The costal edge of the forewing is white, lined yellowish, while the marginal line, the discal and postmedial spots are red-brown. The postmedial vein-spots are in a straight row. The fringe is dark grey basally, shining white distally, unchequered. Male genitalia in series of slides differ from those of  P. alticola  sp. nov.in the slightly smoother shape of the costal expansion of the valva.  P. alpha  sp. nov.and  P. alticola  sp. nov.are not discernible according to their wing pattern but by their DNA barcodes. See the diagnosis and description of  P. alticola  sp. nov.described above. Female and preimaginal stages unknown.   Biology.The species is confined to high Andine grass-parámo belt.  Genetic data.Nearest neighbour on BOLD  Paromphacodes alticola(KP2 minimum pairwise distance 14.5%).   Derivatio nominis.The first letter in Greek alphabet:  alpha. 1585970300 1932-05 47-12-20 1932-05 IZBE, DNA, BOLD Holotype ID & Tartu & Estonia Ecuador 3560 -1.8819444 Alao 21 -78.47528 Chimborazo prov. 7 402 1 1 Tartu holotype 1585970329 1929-05 2007-04-16 1929-05 DNA, BOLD A. Lindt Ecuador 3560 -0.6497222 Cotopaxi prov. 21 -78.51139 7 402 1 1 Cotopaxi holotype 1585970293 2011-10-22 DNA, ZSM, IZBE V. Sinaev & Romanov & Lep & Lindt. Ecuador 3062 -0.04777778 3 km NO Nono 21 -78.592224 7 402 3 3 Pichincha paratype