Oedipygilema anomoia, a new lithosiine species from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
0000-0001-9447-4925
The African Natural History Research Trust (ANHRT), Street Court Leominster, Kingsland, HR 6 9 QA, United Kingdom. anton @ anhrt. org. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925 & Altai State University, Lenina Avenue 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia
anton@anhrt.org.uk
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-09
5067
1
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journal article
3653
10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.11
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1175-5326
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Oedipygilema aposema
(
Kühne, 2010
)
(
Figs 3, 4
,
6, 8
)
Lepista aposem
a
Kühne, 2010
,
Esperiana Memoir
, 5: 436, text fig. (male genitalia), pl. 26: figs 9–10 (adults) (
Type
locality:
[
Republic of South Africa
,
Mpumalanga
, Mbombela] “
RSA
, Transvaal, Pullen-Farm,
30 km
SE Nelspruit”).
Material examined
.
ZAMBIA
:
161 males
,
126 females
,
1147m
,
Lukwakwa
,
West Lunga
NP. (
Cryptosepalum forest
/
Dambo
), 12˚39’40’’S, 24˚26’13’’E,
9–15.xi.2018
, LepiLED and
MV
light traps,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Dérozier
,
V
.,
László
, G.,
Oram, D.
leg., gen. prep.
Nos.
: AV6437 (male) and AV6462 (female)
;
2 males
, same locality as previous but
4–8.xi.2013
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
Takano
&
Oram
leg.
;
4 males
,
4 females
,
1365m
,
Jan Fisher’s Farm
,
Chingola
(
Miombo
/
Riverine forest
mosaic), 12˚36’10’’S, 27˚55’48’’E,
14–17.xi.2019
,
MV
and LepiLED light traps,
Bashford
, M.,
Miles, W.
,
Mulvaney, L.
leg., gen. prep.
No.
: AV6461 (male)
;
2 males
,
3 females
,
980m
,
Ngoye Falls
,
Zambezi Riv.
, 16˚39’39’’S, 23˚34’24’’E,
20.xi.2013
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
Takano
&
Oram
leg.
;
4 males
,
3 females
,
1080m
,
Mayukuyuku
,
Kafue
NP, 14˚54’55’’S, 26˚03’47’’E,
21–26.xi.2013
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
Takano
&
Oram
leg.
;
3 males
,
3 females
,
1191m
,
Kasanka River
Pontoon,
Kasanka NP
, 12˚34’23’’S, 30˚14’05’’E,
2–4.xii.2012
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
R
. &
Takano, H.
leg.
;
1 male
,
3 females
,
1193m
,
Lake Wasa
,
Kasanka NP
, 12˚33’19’’S, 30˚17’43’’E,
5.xii.2012
,
Smith
,
R
. &
Takano, H.
leg.
;
1 male
,
1285m
,
Lukulu River
,
Lavushi Manda NP
, 12˚15’05’’S, 30˚53’43’’E,
27–29.xi.2012
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
R
. &
Takano, H.
leg.
, gen. prep. No.: AV6476;
1 male
without abdomen,
1191m
,
Fibwe Mushitu
,
Kasanka NP
, 12˚35’15’’S, 30˚14’52’’E,
2–4.xii.2012
, actinic light,
Smith
,
R
. &
Takano, H.
leg.
;
1 female
,
1420m
,
Chilambwe Falls
,
Kafubu River
, 09˚50’13’’S, 30˚43’35’’E,
8–9.xi.2014
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
Takano
&
Oram
leg.
;
1 male
,
1280m
,
Chimfunshi
,
Kafue River
,
Copperbelt Province
, 12˚21’25’’S, 27˚32’03’’E,
19.xi.2014
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
R
. &
Takano, H.
leg.
;
1 female
,
1179m
,
Greystone
,
Kitwe
,
Copperbelt Province
, 12˚55’50’’S, 28˚14’29’’E,
17–18.xi.2014
,
light trap
,
Smith
,
R
. &
Takano, H.
leg.
(all in
ANHRT
).
Diagnosis
.
The forewing length is
12–14 mm
in males and
13–15 mm
in females. The species has an aposematic orange and black colouration similar to that of the genera
Muxta
Birket-Smith
,
Lepista
Wallengren
,
Parainesis
Krüger
and
Enargeiosia
Krüger
(illustrated by
Krüger (2015))
. The detailed comparison with
O. anomoia
sp. n.
is provided above in the diagnosis of the species.
Distribution
.
South Africa
(
Kühne 2010
),
Eswatini
, southern
Mozambique
,
Zimbabwe
(
Krüger 2015
) and
Zambia
(new record).