Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher, 1956

Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea & Parisi, Francesco, 2016, The Geometrinae of Ethiopia II: Tribus Hemistolini, genus Prasinocyma (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 4065 (1), pp. 1-63 : 14

Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher, 1956

( Figs 5 , 46 , 83 )

Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher (1956) : 31. Locus typicus: Kenya: Voi (Holotype ♂ NHM, examined).

Material. Oromia: 1♀, Deritu-Dubuluk (locality no. 37; BC ZSM Lep 47449; gen.prp. ZSM G 19453); 13♂ 6♀, Sidama (no. 52; BC ZSM Lep 78500); 5♂, Bale (no. 53; BC ZSM Lep 78498); 3♂ 1♀, Sidama (no. 54; BC ZSM Lep 78499; gen.prp. ZSM G 19660); 4♂ 5♀, Bale (no. 55; BC ZSM Lep 81868, 81869); 1♂ 4♀, Sidama (no. 22; BC ZSM Lep 78494); 4♂ 2♀, Sidama (no. 56; gen.prp. ZSM G 19658); Southern Nations: 3♂ 1♀, Leku-Wendo (no. 15; male abdomen brushed).

Redescription. Adult ( Fig. 5 ). Wingspan. Male and female 15 – 21mm. Ground colour pale leaf green, irrorated with white strigulae, without spot at the inner termen. Small dark green discal dots on fore- and hindwing, easily fading in worn specimens. Terminal dots absent from fore- and hindwings. Hindwing termen round. Length of male palpi 0.9 – 1.0 times diameter of eye, in female 1.1 – 1.3 times, tip pale brown. Frons pale brown. Antennae bipectinate in male, antennal branches dark brown at base, pale ochre terminally. Antennae filiform in female. Male frenulum well developed. Male hindtibia with four spurs, without pencil.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 46 ). Valva narrow, harpe absent. Aedeagus bent with sclerotized base of ductus seminalis laterally. Sternum A8 trapezoidal, with shallow, crown-shaped sclerotization.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 83 ). Ductus bursae short, corpus bursae globular, with bipartite sclerite.

Differential diagnosis. Reminiscent of P. immaculata , the latter larger on average, darker green. In male genitalia very similar to those of P. immaculata , but the latter with stout, sharp, paired projections on sternum A8.

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAY5231. Intraspecific variation low. Nearest neighbour in Ethiopia: P. tranquilla sp. n. (3.1%).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Adults of Ethiopian Prasinocyma 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. 1. Prasinocyma immaculata thiaucourti Herbulot, 1993 (BC ZSM Lep 13171); 2. Prasinocyma pedicata aethiopica subsp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 45465; Holotype); 3. Prasinocyma angolica pseudopedicata subp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 84181; Holotype); 4. Prasinocyma bongaensis sp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 84753; Holotype); 5. Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher, 1956 (BC ZSM Lep 78500); 6. Prasinocyma tranquilla Prout, 1917 (BC ZSM Lep 85805 - 84638).

FIGURES 43 – 46. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar (s) — 1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 43. Prasinocyma immaculata thiaucourti Herbulot, 1993 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19396); 44. Prasinocyma pedicata aethiopica subsp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 19399); 45. Prasinocyma angolica pseudopedicata subp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 19635); 46. Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher, 1956 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19660).

FIGURES 80 – 85. Female genitalia of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar (s) — 1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. Fig. 80. Prasinocyma immaculata thiaucourti Herbulot, 1993 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19439); 81. Prasinocyma pedicata aethiopica subsp. n. (gen. prp. DAEF GL); 82. Prasinocyma bongaensis sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 15909); 83. Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher, 1956 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19453); 84. Prasinocyma tranquilla Prout, 1917 (gen. prp. ZSM G 15923); 85. Prasinocyma baumgaertneri sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 15962).