The Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) of Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique: a provisional checklist with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic notes
Author
Takano, Hitoshi
African Natural History Research Trust, Street Court, Leominster, HR 6 9 QA, UK.
Author
László, Gyula M.
0000-0001-9862-8290
African Natural History Research Trust, Street Court, Leominster, HR 6 9 QA, UK.
gyula.laszlo@anhrt.org.uk
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-05
5492
2
231
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5492.2.5
1175-5326
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Trichopisthia igneotincta
(
Aurivillius, 1909
)
(
Figs 65–69
)
[4A]—
31♂♂
4♀♀
; [4B]—
3♂♂
; [4E]—
5♂♂
1♀
; [4F]—
4♂♂
; [4G]—
1♂
; [4H]—
4♂♂
; [4I]—
1♂
; [4K]—
1♂
.
Remarks
. Three barcoded specimens from MSR with varying colouration and pattern were recovered in the same BIN (BOLD:AAJ8392) supporting the viewpoint of both
Aurivillius (1927)
and
Pinhey (1975)
that
T. igneotincta
is a single variable species. It is worth noting that specimens from southern Africa (southern
Zambia
,
Mozambique
and
South Africa
) are generally smaller than those from northern
Zambia
and
Tanzania
.