Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)

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FAMILY Geometridae
SUBFAMILY Geometrinae
GENUS Pingasa
SPECIES rhadamaria
AUTHOR(Guenée, 1858)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONHypochroma Rhadamaria Gn.
TYPE LOCALITYMadagascar.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Guenée A. M. 1858a. In: Boisduval J. A. B. & Guenée A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I. - — 9:1-xxxvii, 1-514.
PAGINATION 277-278

Species pictures

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
alterata (Walker, 1860) Subspecies
rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858) Subspecies
attenuans (Walker, 1860) Subspecies
signifrontaria (Mabille, 1893) Subspecies
victoria Prout L. B., 1913 Synonym of subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Burkina Faso   Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 64(1-2):2-11. 3
Cape Verde Santo Antão Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 64(1-2):2-11. 3
Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Mabille P. 1893. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux. - Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 37:50-65. 65 (as signifrontaria)
Comoros Anjouan (Nzwani) Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... - — 2(2):93-146, pl. 6. 101
Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Herbulot C. 1985a. Sur quelques Geometridae des Comores (Lepidoptera). - Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 2(1):45-49. 46 (as signifrontaria)
Comoros Mohéli (Mwali) Strand E. 1917h. Lepidoptera. - In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Band 3, Heft 5. Systematische Arbeiten. Flora und Fauna der Comoren. - — 3(5):466-472. 470
Côte d'Ivoire   Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 64(1-2):2-11. 3
Ethiopia   Hausmann A., Parisi F. & Sciarretta A. 2014. The geometrid moths of Ethiopia I: tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini (Lepidptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). - Zootaxa 3768(4):460-468. 462 (as signifrontaria)
Gambia   Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. - In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. - — :i-vi, 1-533 (chapter pagination: 492-507). 503 (as attenuans)
Ghana   Möschler H. B. 1887. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 15(1):49-100, pl. 1. 83
Kenya   Warren W. 1901d. Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Aethiopian region. - Novitates Zoologicae 8:202-217. 205 (as interrupta)
Madagascar   Guenée A. M. 1858a. In: Boisduval J. A. B. & Guenée A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I. - — 9:1-xxxvii, 1-514. 278
Malawi     ZSM (as attenuans)
Mali   Aistleitner E. & Hausmann A. 2015. Zur Kenntnis der Spanner-Fauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 64(1-2):2-11. 3
Saudi Arabia   Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8:262-323. 271 (as signifrontaria)
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1860b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXI.- Geometrites (continued). - — 21:i-iv, 277-498. 430 (as attenuans)
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1860b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXI.- Geometrites (continued). - — 21:i-iv, 277-498. 429 (as alterata)
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. 257
South Sudan   Prout L. B. 1929-1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. - In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. - — 16:1-160. 10 (as attenuans)
São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé Prout L. B. 1927a. A list of the Geometridae (Lep. Het.) known to occur in the Island of São Thomé, with descriptions of some new species collected by Mr. T. A. Barns. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 75(1):187-200, pl. 20. 188 (as attenuata)
Tanzania   Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. - In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana 20:61-138. 61
Yemen   Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 7:283-305, pls. 1-5. 284 (as signifrontaria)
Zambia   Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. - In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana 20:61-138. 61
Zimbabwe   Prout L. B. 1913a. Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 20(2):388-442. 398 (as victoria)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus jujuba    
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus mauritiana East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 194