Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)

FAMILY	Geometridae
SUBFAMILY	Larentiinae
GENUS	Pasiphila
SPECIES	lita
AUTHOR	(Prout L. B., 1916)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Chloroclystis lita spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal] Natal, Estcourt, leg. J. M. Hutchinson.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, BMNH; Paratypes ♂, ♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Transferred to Pasiphila by A. Hausmann (2006: 14).
PUBLICATION	Prout L. B. 1916c. New African Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 23:272-286.
PAGINATION	279

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Chad	Tibesti	Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. - Lambillionea 63(5-8):25-40.	34
Ghana		Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. - Lambillionea 63(5-8):25-40.	35
Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. - — :387-482, pls 40-43.	447
Malawi		Staude H. S. & Murphy R. J. 2011. The geometrid fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Mount Mulanje, Malawi and the importance of Mount Mulanje as an area of conservation priority. - Metamorphosis 22(2):32-48.	46
Namibia		Krüger M. 2004b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). - In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 1:241-247.	242
Nigeria		Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. - Lambillionea 63(5-8):25-40.	35
Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 4:271-331.	303
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Prout L. B. 1916c. New African Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 23:272-286.	279
South Africa	Eastern Cape	Krüger M. 2007b. Composition and origin of the geometrid fauna (Lepidoptera) of the Sneeuberge, Eastern Cape, with descriptions of new taxa. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 44:25-66.	384
South Africa	Mpumalanga	Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15.	26
South Africa	Gauteng	Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15.	26
Tanzania		Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. - Lambillionea 63(5-8):25-40.	35
Yemen		Hausmann A. 2006. The geometrid moth species from Yemen - With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 12:9-62, pls. 12-21.	14
Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15.	26

Notes: The record of Oman (Wiltshire 1977b: 167) refers to Pasiphila palaearctica (Brandt, 1938) (see Hausmann 2009).

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Rhamnaceae	Scutia myrtina	South Africa	Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410.	384
Asteraceae	Helichrysum aureonitens	South Africa	Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410.	384
Verbenaceae	Lantana camara	South Africa	Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410.	384
Asteraceae	Nidorella anomala	South Africa	Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410.	384
Fabaceae	Senegalia ataxacantha	South Africa	Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:365-410.	384