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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275270
b318026b-73cf-4c8e-bc1b-ba2efc0f3603
1175-5326
275270
Afrasura crenulata
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
comb. n.
(
Figs. 9
,
46
)
Asura crenulata
Bethune-Baker, 1911
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
(8) 7: 537.
Type
locality.
Angola
, N’Dalla Tando (
type
3 Arct. g.sl. n. 4
BMNH
, examined).
Material examined.
Male
type
.
Diagnosis.
It is useful to compare the genitalia of the
type
of
crenulata
with those of the
type
of
indecisa
, both species being included by
Hampson (1900: 447)
among the synonyms of
obliterata
. Compared to
indecisa
, the saccus is more rounded in
crenulata
; the distal portion of ala valvae is longer than the supravalva in
indecisa
; the distal portion of the supravalva is larger in
crenulata
; the costa of the supravalva is straight in
crenulata
(undulated in
indecisa
); the vesica has a cornutus longer than three fifth of the total length of the aedeagus in both species, but is stronger and conical in
crenulata
. The wing venation has not been examined. Female unknown.
Remarks.
Hampson (1914: 767)
synonymized this species with
Asura obliterata
but
Kühne (2005)
considered
crenulata
to be valid. Examination of the male genitalia demonstrates
crenulata
is distinct from other species in the genus.