Six new species of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
The African Natural History Research Trust (ANHRT), Street Court Leominster, Kingsland, HR 6 9 QA, United Kingdom & Altai State University, Lenina Avenue 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia & E-mail: monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com
Author
László, Gyula M.
The African Natural History Research Trust (ANHRT), Street Court Leominster, Kingsland, HR 6 9 QA, United Kingdom & E-mail: gyulalaszlo @ anhrt. org. uk * Corresponding author
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2020
2020-12-01
38
36
50
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.38.6
journal article
10.37828/em.2020.38.6
2336-9744
13232544
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7367D564-EB75-445C-A8A0-2E83C3A52FB3
Tumicla smithi
Volynkin & László, 2019
(
Figs 16, 17
,
30
,
44
)
Tumicla smithi
Volynkin & László, 2019
,
Zootaxa
,
4668
(3): 433, figs 23, 24, 44 (
Type
locality:
Zambia
,
Changwena Falls
,
13°22’48’’S
,
29°33’18’’E
).
Type material examined
.
Holotype
(
Figs 17
,
44
): female, “
Zambia
,
1456m
,
Changwena Falls
,
N. Swaka
F.
R
.,
Central Prov.
,
13°22'48''S
,
29°33'18''E
,
27–30.I.2019
,
MV
Light Trap, Dérozier,
V
., Mulvaney, L., Takano,
H. Leg.
ANHRT
:2019.4”, unique number: ANHRTUK 00073348, slide No.: AV5243 (
ANHRT
).
Paratypes
:
3 females
, with the same data as the holotype, unique numbers: ANHRTUK 00072417, 00072418, 00072419 (
ANHRT
)
.
Additional material examined
.
1 male
,
Zambia
,
1460m
,
Mutinondo Wilderness
Area
,
Mpika
,
Northern Prov.
,
12°27'06''S
,
31°17'30''E
,
14–17.II.2019
,
MV
Light Trap
,
Dérozier
,
V
.,
Mulvaney, L.
,
Takano, H.
leg.,
ANHRT
:2019.4, unique number: ANHRTUK 00105168, gen. slide No.: AV5771 (
ANHRT
).
Diagnosis of male
. The forewing length is
11 mm
. The male of
T. smithi
(
Fig. 16
) is smaller (forewing length of females is 14.5–
15 mm
) and has a similar forewing pattern to that of the female (
Fig. 17
) but with a darker ground color. The hindwing of the male specimen is almost entirely black with only a narrow area of orange at the base and along the anal margin, whereas in the females the hindwing is pale orange with a black terminal area. The male of
T. smithi
differs from those of other similar species by its black hindwing and the presence of the large semilunar discal marking on the forewing. The male genitalia of
T. smithi
(
Fig. 30
) are most similar to those of
T. mutinondo
(
Fig. 29
) and the differences are discussed above under the latter species.
Distribution
. To date, the species is only known from two localities in the Central and
Muchinga
Provinces of
Zambia
.