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
4571
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225
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.3
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Meganola leucalea
(
Hampson, 1907
)
(
Figs 21, 22
,
55
,
75
)
Nola leucalea
Hampson, 1907
,
Annals
and
Magazine of Natural History
(7) 19: 229. Type locality: [
RSA
]
Transvaal
, Piet Retief.
Holotype
female, in coll. NHMUK.
Material
examined:
Mozambique
,
Maputo
Special Reserve.
1 ♀
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Thicket
,
26°30'14.2"S
,
32°42'59.6"E
,
21–30.XI.2016
,
Light Trap
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Cristovao, J.
,
Laszlo, G.
,
Miles, W.
leg., slide
No.
:
LGNA
333
♀;
3 ♂
,
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
Nos
:
LGNA
330
♂,
LGNA
336
♂,
LGNA
339
♂;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Thicket
,
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
Nos
:
LGNA
334
♀,
LGNA
340
♂;
2 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Forest
,
26°30'14.2"S
,
32°42'59.6"E
,
30.V.–9.
VI
.2017,
Actinic
and
MV
Light Traps
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Laszlo
, G.,
Miles
, W.,
Vetina, A.
leg., slide
Nos
:
LGNA
378
♂,
LGNA
379
♀;
2 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
18m
,
Hygrophilous
Grass-
Sand Forest
Ecotone,
26°28'32.6"S
,
32°45'7.7"E
,
10.XII.2016
,
Light Trap
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Cristovao, J.
,
Laszlo
, G.,
Miles, W.
leg., slide
Nos
:
LGNA
331
♂,
LGNA
332
♂,
LGNA
338
♀;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Forest
,
26°30'14.2"S
,
32°42'59.6"E
,
13–15.II.2018
,
Actinic Light Trap
,
Laszlo, G.
,
Mulvaney
, J.,
Smith, L.
leg.
;
1 ♀
, same locality and collectors but collected in
Sand Thicket
at
24–25.II.2018
;
1 ♀
,
17m
,
Futi Corridor
(
Sand Forest
Woodland Mosaic),
26°32'10.1"S
,
32°43'09.7"E
,
23–24.II.2018
,
Actinic Light Trap
,
Laszlo, G.
,
Mulvaney
, J.,
Smith, L.
leg. (coll.
ANHRT
and
MHNM
)
.
Remark.
The species was found to be relatively frequent in the
Maputo
Special Reserve. New country record for
Mozambique
.