Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus
Author
Durante, Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2009
2280
27
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275270
b318026b-73cf-4c8e-bc1b-ba2efc0f3603
1175-5326
275270
Afrasura rivulosa ethiopica
Durante
ssp. n.
(
Fig. 30
,
56
C)
Holotype
: 3,
Ethiopia
, Menegesha-Suba State forest,
2500 m
a.s.l., 21/
23-2-2003
. In coll.
MSNS
.
Paratype
: 7 3, data as the
holotype
.
5 in
coll.
MAD
and
2 in
MSNS
.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan
21–26 mm
, larger than
rivulosa rivulosa
. Wings almost transparent, with ground colour straw yellow, lighter than yellow of
rivulosa rivulosa
. Wing underside with faint pattern. Male genitalia similar to nominotypical subspecies, apart from the ala valvae distal end that becomes thin more gradually and is shorter.
Remarks.
Afrasura rivulosa ethiopica
is an interesting example of convergent evolution with
Afrasura indecisa orientalis
. Some distinguishing characters include: forewing submarginal series consisting of 7–8 similarly sized dots (in
A. indecisa
the 4 anterior dots are larger than the other 3, which are often obsolete); marginal series of dots present (lacking in
A. indecisa
); male with ciliated antennae (serratae in
A. indecisa
).