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.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-26
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Meganola monofascia
(van
Son, 1933
)
(
Figs 34, 35
,
61
)
Nola major
var.
monofascia
van
Son, 1933
, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 214.
Type
locality: [
RSA
] Transvaal, Pietersburg.
Material
examined:
Mozambique
,
Maputo
Special Reserve.
1 ♂
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Forest
,
26°30'14.2"S
,
32°42'59.6"E
,
3–13.XII.2016
, Light Trap,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Cristovao, J.
,
Laszlo, G.
,
Miles, W.
leg., slide No.:
LGNA
354
♂;
2 ♂
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Forest
,
26°30'14.2"S
,
32°42'59.6"E
,
21–30.XII.2016
,
Light Trap
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Cristovao, J.
,
Laszlo
, G.,
Miles, W.
leg., slide
Nos
:
LGNA
517
♂
,
LGNA
518
♂;
1 ♂
, same site and collectors, but collected at
21–22.II.2018
, slide
No
.:
LGNA
519
♂;
1 ♂
,
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. (coll.
ANHRT
)
.
Remark.
The species was known so far only from Transvaal. A short series of specimens of the species was collected in the
Maputo
Special Reserve is externally nearly identical with
M. bispermutata
specimens, but obviously belong to
M. monofascia
according to the genitalia morphology. The safe separation of
M. monofascia
from
M. bispermutata
requires genitalia dissection. New country record for
Mozambique
.