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 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-09 5067 1 144 148 journal article 3653 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.11 c3578315-823c-4e08-be7d-3066a308fad9 1175-5326 5656360 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).