cc-zeroEnglund, MikaelLee, Kyung MinStaude, HermannDuplouy, AnneHausmann, AxelLaiho, ElinaSöderholm, MaxSihvonen, Pasi2025-03-242024-03-062024-03-06https://hydatakatalogi-test-24.it.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/9046This dataset is part of a paper, which demonstrates how micro-CT can be applied to provide unambiguous illustrations of diagnostic morphological characters for new taxa description and to understand how micro-CT imaging may complement other imaging techniques. Following micro-CT scanning, a semi-automatic segmentation and volume rendering protocol was used to portray the wing venation and diagnostic structures and ornamentation of male genitalia from multiple angles. Using micro-CT images, we describe a conspicuous geometrid moth from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), which has been present in collections since 1894 but left without an available name. Using a multigenetic dataset comprising 273 terminal taxa from the superfamily Geometroidea, we constructed a molecular phylogeny to place our study species to an isolated lineage in Geometridae: Larentiinae, tribe Xanthorhoini sensu lato. We describe it as Chloecolora vergetaria new genus, new species Englund & Staude, and provide diverse ecological information on its distribution, habitat, host plant, adult and immature stages, and parasites.Openintegrative taxonomyLepidopteraGeometridaedataset