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 (Walker, 1854) comb. n. ( Figs. 28, 29, 30 , 56 , 70 ) Siccia rivulosa Walker, 1854 , List Het. Br. Mus. II: 540. Miltochrista rivulosa Walker ; Hampson, 1900 , Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., II: 479. Asura fulvia Hampson, 1900 , Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M., II: 439; syn. n. Asura obsolescens Hampson, 1914 , Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M., Suppl. I: 767; syn. n. Type locality. Natal ( syntype Ƥ Arct. g.sl. n. 5645 BMNH , examined). Distribution. Nigeria , Port Harcourt. Ethiopia , Menegesha-Suba State forest. Belgian Congo [ Democratic Republic of the Congo ]. Uganda . Republic of South Africa . Material examined. Nigeria : 2 3 in author. coll. Democratic Republic of the Congo : Ƥ Arct. g.sl. n. 314 BMNH . Uganda : Ƥ Arct. g.sl. n. 295 BMNH ( holotype of Asura obsolescens Hampson, 1914 syn. n. ). Republic of South Africa , Natal : 3 Arct. g.sl. n. 5644 BMNH ( holotype of Asura fulvia Hampson, 1900 syn. n. ); Ƥ Arct. g.sl. n. 5645 BMNH ( syntype ); Durban: 3 Arct. g.sl. n. 5739 BMNH . Diagnosis. Forewing pattern with bands fragmented into dots, ground colour light yellow, similar to pallescens . Differentiated in the female genitalia by large bursa with dimple-shaped signum. The distal process of ala valvae and stocky aedeagus in the male genitalia are diagnostic. Description. Male with modest sized coremata, but the bulb-like tuft of androconial hairs is visible, not exceeding A 8 in length. Valva with distal portion of the supravalva finger-like, distal process of the ala valvae slightly more sclerotized and with a pointed end. Aedeagus strong, stout; vesica with a strong conic cornutus; clusters of small thorns present. Female pheromone dorsal glands longer than posterior apophyses. Female genitalia with ductus bursae short and membranous with antrum strong, large, sub-cylindrical; cervix moderate size; corpus bursae large, ovoid, covered on internal surface by small thorns, with a dimple shaped signum.