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Issue: Vol. 3768 No. 4: 27 Feb. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.4
Page range: 460–468
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 17

The geometrid moths of Ethiopia I: tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)

Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, D-81247 München.
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences – University of Molise – Via De Sanctis, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences – University of Molise – Via De Sanctis, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy
Lepidoptera Geometridae Geometrinae Pseudoterpnini Comibaenini Africa Ethiopia DNA Barcoding integrative taxonomy new species

Abstract

In this paper we present a checklist for Ethiopian Geometridae, subfamily Geometrinae, tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini. Six species were found to belong to the tribe Pseudoterpnini, two species to the tribe Comibaenini. One species is described as new, Comibaena theodori sp. nov. Adults of all species are illustrated, genitalia are figured for the new species.