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Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/ Larentiinae (subfamily)/ Eupitheciini (tribe)/ Pasiphila (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Prout L. B., 1916)
Citation:	Chloroclystis lita spec. nov.
Original genus:	Chloroclystis
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1916c. New African Geometridae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	23
Issue:
Pagination:	279
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33707832

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Pasiphila lita (1)

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Pasiphila by A. Hausmann (2006: 14).

Hausmann A. 2006. The geometrid moth species from Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Estcourt, leg. J. M. Hutchinson.
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Estcourt, leg. J. M. Hutchinson.

Distribution note:

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

Hausmann A. 2009a. Hypochrosis hannelorae sp. n. from Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Chad	Tibesti	Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. page 34
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Eswatini		page K. Braun
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Ghana		Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. page 35
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 447
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	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. page 46
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Namibia		Krüger M. 2004b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 242
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Nigeria		Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. page 35
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	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). page 303
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 26
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	South Africa	Gauteng	Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 26
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Prout L. B. 1916c. New African Geometridae. page 279
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	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. page 384
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Tanzania		Herbulot C. 1965c. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tibesti. page 35
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	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). page 14
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Zimbabwe		Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 26

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Helichrysum aureonitens	Asteraceae	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. page 384
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Lantana camara	Verbenaceae	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. page 384
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Nidorella anomala	Asteraceae	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. page 384
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Scutia myrtina	Rhamnaceae	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. page 384
Pasiphila lita (Prout L. B., 1916)	Senegalia ataxacantha	Fabaceae	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. page 384

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