Contribution to the knowledge of the Nolini of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae)
Author
László, Gyula M.
Author
Vetina, Alvaro A.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-26
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10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.3
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Nola tineoides
(Walker, 1858)
(
Figs 8
,
48
)
Micra tineoides
Walker
[1858] 1857,
List
of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the
British Museum
12: 824. Type locality: [
RSA
]
Port Natal.
Holotype
male, NHMUK.
Material examined:
1 ♂
,
Mozambique
,
15m
,
Maputo
Special Reserve
,
Ponta Milibangalala
,
Dune Grassland
,
26°26'58.6"S
,
32°55'29.8"E
,
25–30.V.2017
,
MV
Light Trap,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Laszlo, G.
,
Miles, W.
,
Vetina, A.
leg.
,
slide No.:
LGNA
375
♂ (coll. ANHRT).
Remark.
Nola tineoides
was described from Port Natal a locality being rather close to Maputaland. It is worth to note that the author refers to the species as the most common
Nola
in
South Africa
, still, only a single specimen was collected in the
Maputo
Special Reserve. New country record for
Mozambique
.