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:
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<heading id="79A82C0EFFED8B342A94FFAC357D83A6" reason="title">Other material.</heading>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EEJAM" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="FA7F69C1AAB6ADE3F22E37E8453306DB">
<heading id="0912A31508EE299FB408E1471374DD0E" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3BC34C76B344DF823B30D69D45BABF29">
(See also the identification key of
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<emphasis id="2B68CB6BB942FB992EFA9C827963C9CF" italics="true">incerta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup, section 3.4. 2.). This species can be distinguished from the other known members of the
<taxonomicName id="2477A972A09D85FDBBAC17633529C1AD" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1856" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incerta">
<emphasis id="593C2A1AA981D612A4BAA7546918026C" italics="true">incerta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup by the combination of the following characters of the male and female genitalia: tegumen with large erected peniculi; vinculum u-shaped at the outer margin with a large sized saccus, rectangular; sacculus with a broad and short apical extension, curved inwards, strongly club-shaped; juxta large, the inferior plate almost triangular, produced into a sharp point, the superior plate broad and of medium length, shortly bifid terminally; phallus short and thick; vesica with a small semi-circular flat cornutus; ventrolateral plates of female segment A 8 very large, trapezoidal, the anterior side rounded, as long as wide; ostium bursae large, funnel-shaped sclerotized, with slightly pointed tip on each side; ductus bursae with two posterior very narrow and long sclerotized areas.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E5JAM" type="description">
<paragraph id="BEB16BA697215BEF967DEFA596141ED4">
<heading id="949EE48618000F29311EDAED1E0BC4E2" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="342CD8EF618815C4E7FEAA87DC886579">
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="2E6B9DDD459D7B29C9518F4161F2EAE3" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Adults of the incerta subgroup (S. lalaci sp. nov., S. lusese sp. nov., S. msowero sp. nov., S. pennipuncta, S. penniseti, S. poephaga and S. simplaria). S. lalaci sp. nov.: A male upper side; B male underside; S. lusese sp. nov.: C male upper side; D male underside; S. msowero sp. nov.: E male upper side; F male underside; G female upper side; H female underside; S. pennipuncta: I male upper side; J male underside; K female upper side; L female underside; S. penniseti: M male upper side; N male underside; O female upper side; P female underside; S. poephaga: Q male upper side; R male underside; S female upper side; T female underside; S. simplaria: U male upper side; V male underside; W female upper side; X female underside. Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e113140.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1067461">12 Q T</figureCitation>
). The species has been described in great detail by
<bibRefCitation id="E12EE61D4AD87C2C6B4253D59D9B831B" DOI="10.1017/S0007485300026717" author="Tams WHT &amp; Bowden J" firstAuthor="Tams" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of Entomological Research" pagination="645-678" refId="B68" refString="Tams WHT, Bowden J (1953) A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera). Bulletin of Entomological Research 43: 645678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300026717" title="A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera)." volume="43" year="1953">Tams and Bowden (1953)</bibRefCitation>
. However, Tams and Bowden did not mention the fact that the wings are more elongated in females than in males. —
<emphasis id="F2ED65A935164499543225A6F5291EAE" bold="true" italics="true">Forewing length</emphasis>
: male
<quantity id="D56145E71A12043FB61BAB4D180DB058" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.35" metricValueMax="3.5" metricValueMin="3.2" unit="mm" value="33.5" valueMax="35.0" valueMin="32.0">3235 mm</quantity>
(x ̅ =
<quantity id="CA16DDF8BDF5999C65E856BBCB94E31A" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.35" unit="mm" value="33.5">33.5 mm</quantity>
, N = 4); female
<quantity id="9DA3711AC713ACFF5700784F81E24DBA" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.7" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="3.4" unit="mm" value="37.0" valueMax="40.0" valueMin="34.0">3440 mm</quantity>
(x ̅ =
<quantity id="E2196B0BAC9569228B7908D966260D47" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.72" unit="mm" value="37.2">37.2 mm</quantity>
, N = 6). —
<emphasis id="09C5FBEE38956173EEA42A190FECEA2C" bold="true" italics="true">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="82E83CA4C86DB3A5A56287700D769454" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Male genitalia of members of the incerta subgroup (dorsal view for apparatus and lateral view for phalli). S. epunctifera: A apparatus; L phallus; S. firmata: B apparatus; M phallus; S. incerta: C apparatus; N phallus; S. kamba sp. nov.: D apparatus; O phallus; S. lalaci sp. nov.: E apparatus; P phallus; S. lusese sp. nov.: F apparatus; Q phallus; S. msowero sp. nov.: G apparatus; R phallus; S. pennipuncta: H apparatus; S phallus; S. penniseti: I apparatus; T phallus; S. poephaga: J apparatus; U phallus; S. simplaria: K apparatus; V phallus. Scale bar = 1 mm for apparatus and 0.5 for phalli." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e113140.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1067457">8 J, U</figureCitation>
). Tegumen with large erected peniculi; vinculum u-shaped at the outer margin and w-shaped at the inner margin without indentation, with a large saccus, rectangular. Valve with sacculus and cucullus separate; costa short and narrow, heavily sclerotized, ending with a stout and short straight spine, with two apical teeth; sacculus heavily sclerotized rounded at base, a broad and short apical extension, curved inwards, strongly club-shaped, bearing numerous short and stout spines; cucullus longer than sacculus, weakly sclerotized, slightly clavate at apex, with scattered and papillated hairs; juxta large, the inferior plate almost triangular, produced into a sharp point, the superior plate broad and of medium length, shortly bifid terminally; uncus angled and stout at base, narrowed in distal part, pointed at apex, tufted with long hairs on upper side; phallus short and thick, a bit curved in the middle; lamina ventralis with an elongate carinal crest, produced into paired lateral lobes; vesica with a small semi-circular flat cornutus. —
<emphasis id="844574EED86DBF2F2C3EB22EDCBA517C" bold="true" italics="true">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="E537B1D29F013D3FCEBCF4F0AB4D99E4" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Female genitalia from members of the incerta subgroup (ventral view). A S. epunctifera; B S. firmata; C S. incerta; D S. kamba sp. nov.; E S. msowero sp. nov.; F S. pennipuncta; G S. penniseti; H S. poephaga; I S. simplaria. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e113140.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1067458">9 H</figureCitation>
). Apophyses anteriores with spatulate tips; ventrolateral plates of segment A 8 very large, trapezoidal, sclerotized, the anterior side rounded, as long as wide; ostium bursae large, funnel-shaped, sclerotized, with slightly pointed tip on each side; ductus bursae long and narrow, with two posterior very narrow and long sclerotized areas; corpus bursae pyriform, without signa; ovipositor lobes at least 2.8 times longer than wide with dorsal surface bearing numerous short and stout setae, the ventral side of each lobe slightly curved; apophyses posteriores more slender than apophyses anteriores.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4KAM" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="23887BCB501EE4BDDB20EBACDDCC19DD">
<heading id="EAC3CCAC0C4AF65DA1B618BD65B5860F" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E60AA93118EF4A2A4DB2D99E1909B630">
<collectingCountry id="05B6DB0056F0D0BC3AC3C7D836ED84BE" name="Benin">Benin</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3DCE9CD41ED720F8AC4835EE8AADD9A3" name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DE9F7301A7E5F0556EB4925C82E63A39" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="CC2C4122EB539D600350DFBF6C2A9B8A" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3690738A4D34B099A3EEEB2A9408428B" name="Ivory Coast">Republic of Côte dIvoire</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="97AFA97DCF06D53CD0672713B62C35BA" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
. Known from localities in different vegetation mosaics ( wetter Zambezian miombo woodland (dominated by
<taxonomicName id="E19D661B1E1EAD692DABAA2B29631CA4" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Brachystegia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4873E0F4FA08C08EA6FD0F2ADE3E93F7" italics="true">Brachystegia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C98CF0E8ABFCE0355C85E6D0B93B8FCE" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Julbernardia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9E29D2C96A39E0DD01E64E0FCCAAEBAF" italics="true">Julbernardia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="478B9D1100D8CFB09FE3028CB31F71A5" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Isoberlinia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0F30ADDA2532B8250A54B5AB8EAC3286" italics="true">Isoberlinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mosaic # 25), Sudanian woodland with abundant
<taxonomicName id="C59FB0C7C2F25A98F7C105781FF1F34B" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Isoberlinia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6A107AD2C83C70EA241B00BA424851B1" italics="true">Isoberlinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mosaic # 27), undifferentiated woodland (Sudanian and North Zambezian) (Mosaic # 29 a, c )) (
<bibRefCitation id="D5662FF78115628E35FC7A38A3671780" author="White" firstAuthor="White" pagination="1-356" refId="B74" refString="White F (1983) The vegetation of Africa, a descriptive memoir to accompany the UNESCO / AETFAT / UNSO vegetation map of Africa. UNESCO, Natural Resources Research. 20: 1356." title="The vegetation of Africa, a descriptive memoir to accompany the UNESCO / AETFAT / UNSO vegetation map of Africa. UNESCO, Natural Resources Research." volume="20" year="1983">White 1983</bibRefCitation>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="69BFFDD228B471DFFC5DECDD71BB16B9" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution map of sampled specimens of the incerta subgroup: S. epunctifera, S. incerta, S. kamba sp. nov., S. lusese sp. nov., S. msowero sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e113140.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1067459">10</figureCitation>
) belonging to the Congolian, Sudanian and Zambezian bioregions (sensu
<bibRefCitation id="5D5BEA944FD323993403283ED28447EF" DOI="10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02728.x" author="Linder" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Linder" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Biogeography" pagination="1189-1205" refId="B37" refString="Linder HP, de Klerk HM, Born J, Burgess ND, Fjeldså J, Rahbek C (2012) The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biogeography 39: 11891205. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02728.x" title="The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa." volume="39" year="2012">Linder et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
). We never found this species in Eastern Africa despite the collection of hundreds of
<taxonomicName id="091005E3EE77A2F89174CBC4E9883FC1" authorityName="Guenee" authorityYear="1852" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0E1E856959094E323A33A6BFED3578C4" italics="true">Sesamia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens belonging to the
<taxonomicName id="359CC7EF25133C28230C69FA6482C5B6" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epunctifera">
<emphasis id="13A9529319D4576E72167C1F4B555691" italics="true">S. epunctifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex (made of
<taxonomicName id="865F6FE62C6BA7EC70FF923A04EE3544" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epunctifera">
<emphasis id="E109D5307EBDE17A2E66DBFEAC4715C7" italics="true">S. epunctifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="441B9B339D84BDF8638DF17223E03AC3" authority="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru, 2024" authorityName="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kamba" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="96306E91450BD35F117A94F27F46745D" italics="true">S. kamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="F0FD860981D3799C7E2162479AA96F7B" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2AA109382B4AEE502F19E2D760B2F0AA" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="B4F54D746A0A9B6D86C494DC287DA5C7" authorityName="Tams and Bowden" authorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poephaga">
<emphasis id="5A62CE167F146459B39B797E0EFD5925" italics="true">S. poephaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAOAM" type="ecology">
<paragraph id="8411A6FBCDF96DD27631449DDE8BDEA9">
<heading id="D61A12358EB4F648CD7DC34D10EB7DA0" reason="title">Ecology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="92869C0A78CC0C55FB823868F993362A">
This species is an occasional minor pest of maize and sorghum and sugarcane (
<bibRefCitation id="59ADFFE275C6088EE36C310616F3463E" DOI="10.1017/S0007485300026717" author="Tams and Bowden" firstAuthor="Tams" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of Entomological Research" pagination="645-678" refId="B68" refString="Tams WHT, Bowden J (1953) A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera). Bulletin of Entomological Research 43: 645678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300026717" title="A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera)." volume="43" year="1953">Tams and Bowden 1953</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5EB9C2D35F9DB70FB47A023368FE6C85" author="Ratnadass and Djimadoumngar" editor="Comas J &amp; Gomes-Macpherson H" firstAuthor="Ratnadass" journalOrPublisher="AECI, Madrid" pagination="65-80" refId="B53" refString="Ratnadass A, Djimadoumngar K (2002) Les insectes ravageurs des sorghos repiqués ou cultivés en conditions de décrue en Afrique de louest et du centre. In: Comas J, Gomes-Macpherson H (Eds) La culture du sorgho de décrue dans lAfrique de louest et du centre. AECI, Madrid, 6580." title="Les insectes ravageurs des sorghos repiqués ou cultivés en conditions de décrue en Afrique de louest et du centre." volumeTitle="La culture du sorgho de décrue dans lAfrique de louest et du centre." year="2002">Ratnadass and Djimadoumngar 2002</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="CE625141F37FCC0E37BEB2F062468889" author="Mathieu" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Mathieu" journalOrPublisher="International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter" pagination="75-77" refId="B38" refString="Mathieu B, Ratnadass A, Aboubakary A, Beyo J, Moyal P (2006) Losses caused by stem borer to transplanted sorghum crops in Northern Cameroon. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 47: 7577." title="Losses caused by stem borer to transplanted sorghum crops in Northern Cameroon." volume="47" year="2006">Mathieu et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). According to
<bibRefCitation id="F14C90B09221B00F9A7FC8C084EA974C" author="Ratnadass A &amp; Djimadoumngar K" editor="Comas J &amp; Gomes-Macpherson H" firstAuthor="Ratnadass" journalOrPublisher="AECI, Madrid" pagination="65-80" refId="B53" refString="Ratnadass A, Djimadoumngar K (2002) Les insectes ravageurs des sorghos repiqués ou cultivés en conditions de décrue en Afrique de louest et du centre. In: Comas J, Gomes-Macpherson H (Eds) La culture du sorgho de décrue dans lAfrique de louest et du centre. AECI, Madrid, 6580." title="Les insectes ravageurs des sorghos repiqués ou cultivés en conditions de décrue en Afrique de louest et du centre." volumeTitle="La culture du sorgho de décrue dans lAfrique de louest et du centre." year="2002">Ratnadass and Djimadoumngar (2002)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="06833B718BAF4D8C74EDB5C404DD64EF" author="Mathieu B &amp; Ratnadass A &amp; Aboubakary A &amp; Beyo J &amp; Moyal P" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Mathieu" journalOrPublisher="International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter" pagination="75-77" refId="B38" refString="Mathieu B, Ratnadass A, Aboubakary A, Beyo J, Moyal P (2006) Losses caused by stem borer to transplanted sorghum crops in Northern Cameroon. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 47: 7577." title="Losses caused by stem borer to transplanted sorghum crops in Northern Cameroon." volume="47" year="2006">Mathieu et al. (2006)</bibRefCitation>
, this species inhabits the savannahs of West and Central Africa. On one occasion,
<specimenCount id="C5DB6AA465127E558FC035A1F2B59E98" count="2" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
were light-trapped by us in a dry Nyombo forested area in
<collectingCountry id="7AA518C1C163181B8901D4576A3F565A" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
, which confirms that this is a species that inhabits relatively dry habitats.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1OAM" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="4E09295DCE33E117CCDD4005869F6468">
<heading id="CFADD934C6DA48C530554EE10B2336BB" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AAFAB4F536F4AB74C2BA78510B0A998F">
Morphological and molecular results indicate that
<taxonomicName id="59590B777A0043D6CAB1BA875F17FDCA" authorityName="Tams and Bowden" authorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poephaga">
<emphasis id="E4F8D1E09768517AA0D80B2FFF75991B" italics="true">S. poephaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely related to
<taxonomicName id="7645BC34449CE5FAFCB34452E64CDFA3" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epunctifera">
<emphasis id="3375AAF3A1CE71179E215AA4B4D69623" italics="true">S. epunctifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="819A1915CE5C773334570E10ECD9A69B" authority="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru, 2024" authorityName="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kamba" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="06AE9AB6E0AEDFF4F32B11159109D4BE" italics="true">S. kamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9054D0332F806883EA22C55AA6B829A7" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D957ECFBFE9F8A44E05C827881882566" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. When
<bibRefCitation id="9E61669808012D1667D81F6431487FD3" DOI="10.1017/S0007485300026717" author="Tams WHT &amp; Bowden J" firstAuthor="Tams" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of Entomological Research" pagination="645-678" refId="B68" refString="Tams WHT, Bowden J (1953) A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera). Bulletin of Entomological Research 43: 645678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300026717" title="A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera)." volume="43" year="1953">Tams and Bowden (1953)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="D995CC871B8A029B55A20B16ED93B5B7" authorityName="Tams and Bowden" authorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poephaga">
<emphasis id="9FE3E56D1820D7EAE3B63497757604BF" italics="true">S. poephaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, they designated a female
<typeStatus id="E31E5BCE9070153C5F4E2B63250B6801" type="allotype">allotype</typeStatus>
from
<collectingCountry id="245F7AEC008F53FB24E527AD59A08B34" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
and
<specimenCount id="2B0689DA43E5760868D3FA4DF52AF84E" count="17" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">17 paratypes</specimenCount>
(all females except
<specimenCount id="DF9D8E2A943B7A368409B441242D11E2" count="1" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
from
<collectingCountry id="8820EDAEBF39B5D33B4A82ABF7EE716F" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
). Tams and Bowden considered that
<taxonomicName id="863891B8D7DB72B2CCE94884E1E85B90" authorityName="Tams and Bowden" authorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poephaga">
<emphasis id="9F2B80F0BF2ED6AB7FE03BD8B0EE7DA6" italics="true">S. poephaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was a widespread species, as the
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come from Eastern Africa (
<collectingCountry id="6E0C186B0CBC8835D8964F14A991E056" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="97D23B7F15B7ABF5669BECC47228542E" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
), Southern Africa (
<collectingCountry id="2F465AA4BC9DBBA1752AB2DBB8A040DF" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="19EB530F713BC3DAC8232D1FF3E6EC96" name="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
), Western Africa (
<collectingCountry id="DFF8E3CEACC9D0FA60AC740AE2D384EC" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6E3EAB1225AC86A0AF6561266AC61991" name="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="012BADA82BDFA1312DDE5F0977267236" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="51E65C18264185A3E191733041DAC8ED" name="Togo">Togo</collectingCountry>
) and the
<collectingCountry id="9F530B3D6910B2419BD84C7B50F4CD3E" name="Comoros">Comoro Islands</collectingCountry>
. The genitalia of the female
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([
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], Tanganyika, Chunya District, Chunya,
<quantity id="A2ED4DB2E731D7DD91138B0FB7A412CC" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0772" unit="ft" value="2650.0">2650 ft.</quantity>
, 1926, Agrotidae genitalia slide No. 1239, G. Swynnerton [Leg.], [
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</named-content>
]), designated by
<bibRefCitation id="3D2E8D2D2AAE60E595E76C6B8A5F2CAB" DOI="10.1017/S0007485300026717" author="Tams WHT &amp; Bowden J" firstAuthor="Tams" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of Entomological Research" pagination="645-678" refId="B68" refString="Tams WHT, Bowden J (1953) A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera). Bulletin of Entomological Research 43: 645678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300026717" title="A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guene ́ e and related genera (Agrotidae - Lepidoptera)." volume="43" year="1953">Tams and Bowden (1953)</bibRefCitation>
clearly does not belong to a female of
<taxonomicName id="8022B4383766BD57E4C4BBC6312AA79C" authorityName="Tams and Bowden" authorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poephaga">
<emphasis id="A48795FAF039010073A0E78E061AB5C4" italics="true">S. poephaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but to an unknown species of the
<taxonomicName id="57BB4ED7AF1440E55B9F864B2EC33829" authorityName="Lederer" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cretica">
<emphasis id="A85BB363915FB44C6E3218CB3AE6CFD6" italics="true">cretica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, morphologically close to
<taxonomicName id="4E5F0E3B578124C53C76C9BA0E4322F6" authority="Hampson. On" authorityName="Hampson. On" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albivena">
<emphasis id="E7F05BB11C4CE79D86DCE09251C25529" italics="true">S. albivena</emphasis>
Hampson. On
</taxonomicName>
the other hand, the female
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from
<collectingCountry id="1A8CC0A08C1CC0F74B527B71676B3CAF" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
, Anambara Creek, Agrotidae genitalia slide No. 1408, [
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<collectionCode id="5EE3973982549847DD9B4979A319D6D6">NHM</collectionCode>
</named-content>
] clearly belongs to the species
<taxonomicName id="2F7A0B2594C480888BA19299B258D705" authorityName="Tams and Bowden" authorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poephaga">
<emphasis id="C68F9F4461DC7C7075C272D3BDA0ECB3" italics="true">S. poephaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Without the possibility of dissecting the genitalia and taking into account the results of our extensive collections in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa (several hundred specimens collected from more than 15 countries), specimens from Eastern Africa should belong to
<taxonomicName id="E7530672BF25492A658C2F82E18EAB9F" authority="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru, 2024" authorityName="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kamba" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="7A6A79CE9DF6686872DACCD93738A7B8" italics="true">S. kamba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="24B8AF4806EFD22579FD900840771C43" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0E3735AB4602167C9AF26EC93EE49A94" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and those from Southern Africa should belong either to the
<taxonomicName id="A120FE1385380369EFA4BD0B5A1C2291" authorityName="Moyal" authorityYear="2011" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pennipuncta">
<emphasis id="6E63A6FA3838DFBB6AD7E65A6B171358" italics="true">S. pennipuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex (made of
<taxonomicName id="B6F41E90BA79C468E094A6A7A1B0BF94" authority="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru, 2024" authorityName="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lalaci" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9BB5425C17BF706A520644DBF8B1890C" italics="true">S. lalaci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="003C9EF10F78483C04CCF818ADC05501" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="515667B575D87C8C72D8A2E0D9629654" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="F085064449E2A4EADA6A7511E6D7B223" authority="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru, 2024" authorityName="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lusese" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BC8272A27F1E8D59BBD35E3E8E35E882" italics="true">S. lusese</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7B90AC313C2B2EEB21E5F89826E03018" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4451EF8F47A297179A19F442C1B3FB5B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="E6D03A999F69D45E1A91C501B7030CEC" authority="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru, 2024" authorityName="Hévin &amp; Kergoat &amp; Zilli &amp; Capdevielle-Dulac &amp; Musyoka &amp; Sezonlin &amp; Conlong &amp; Van Den Berg &amp; Ndemah &amp; Le Gall &amp; Cugala &amp; Nyamukondiwa &amp; Pallangyo &amp; Njaku &amp; Goftishu &amp; Assefa &amp; Kandonda &amp; Bani &amp; Molo &amp; Chipabika &amp; Ongamo &amp; Clamens &amp; Barbut &amp; Le Ru" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="msowero" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="47ACA1DCEA1C1199302988340D474162" italics="true">S. msowero</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="98DD1D672AE746BA8A7318FDF6698769" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="782C7F33D3EA2E83E58A0E3C92C3F550" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="ECC072AA488A92BE14DA88D906333D33" authorityName="Moyal" authorityYear="2011" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pennipuncta">
<emphasis id="470F556C42449B9538E6C0F4A3B7A972" italics="true">S. pennipuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or to the
<taxonomicName id="7D11698A8CBDC5FEB898E3693E3BADC2" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Sesamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epunctifera">
<emphasis id="3AD0673D8D78E87E4B978258C74B1039" italics="true">S. epunctifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species complex. The single specimen from the
<collectingCountry id="2A60AD31C092F980B3B364A48D59D2D3" name="Comoros">Comoro Islands</collectingCountry>
seems to belong to a distinct species. In Western Africa the species is obtained from maize and sorghum on which it is an occasional pest in the southern part of the savannah zone; there are no records from wild host plants.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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