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<taxonomicName id="4C7347A31567EF16FF6FFCB1FDA9FC9F" authority="Walker, 1865" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1865" box="[151,530,783,809]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Binna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="penicillata">
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<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FF6FFCB1FED3FC9F" bold="true" box="[151,360,783,809]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Binna penicillata</emphasis>
Walker, 1865
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,
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<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FF6FFCC5FEFDFC26" box="[151,326,890,912]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Binna penicillata</emphasis>
Walker, 1865: 319
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.
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<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FF6FFC24FEE1FC19" box="[151,346,921,943]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Diacrisia lutescens</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FF6FFC07FED2FC78" box="[151,361,952,974]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Diacrisia penicillata</emphasis>
(Walker, 1856)
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;
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<taxonomicName id="4C7347A31567EF16FF6FFC69FDA8FC5A" authority="Walker, 1856" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1856" box="[151,531,982,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Spilosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="penicillata">
<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FF6FFC69FEC8FC5B" box="[151,371,983,1005]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Spilosoma penicillata</emphasis>
(Walker, 1856)
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;
<treatmentCitation id="0AD21A311567EF16FDE6FC69FD4EFC5A" author="Hampson" box="[542,757,983,1004]" page="394" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" year="1920">
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: 394
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; Gaede,
<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FCB4FC66FCDAFC5B" box="[844,865,984,1005]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">In</emphasis>
<treatmentCitation id="0AD21A311567EF16FC90FC68FBB8FC5A" author="Seitz" box="[872,1027,982,1004]" page="98" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" year="1930">
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: 98
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.
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locality:
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. Range:
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FDFEFC4BFD31FBBD" box="[518,650,1013,1035]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FD6CFC48FCB5FBBC" box="[660,782,1013,1035]" name="Ivory Coast" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Ivory Coast</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FCE0FC4BFCE6FBBD" box="[792,861,1013,1035]" name="Ghana" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Ghana</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FC9EFC4BFC0EFBBD" box="[870,949,1013,1035]" name="Nigeria" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FC47FC48FBBEFBBD" box="[959,1029,1014,1035]" name="Kenya" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Kenya</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FF6FFB86FEC4FBE7" bold="true" box="[151,383,1080,1105]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Material examined.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54C882821567EF16FE7EFB86FE55FBE6" box="[390,494,1080,1104]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
ɗ and genitalia preparation,
<taxonomicName id="4C7347A31567EF16FCC8FB84FBF1FBE6" authority="Walker" authorityName="Walker" box="[816,1098,1080,1105]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Binna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="penicillata">
<emphasis id="B907E0321567EF16FCC8FB84FC49FBE7" box="[816,1010,1081,1105]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Binna penicillata</emphasis>
Walker
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,
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FBACFB86FB5DFBE6" box="[1108,1254,1080,1104]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
, J. Foxcroft, 58- 166 /
<taxonomicName id="4C7347A31567EF16FF23FBE3FE27FBC3" box="[219,412,1117,1141]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Binna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="penicillata">Binna penicillata</taxonomicName>
/
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genitalia slide 3475 (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FCE2FBE3FCCFFBC3" box="[794,884,1117,1141]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">BMNH</collectionCode>
). Additional non-type material examined:
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FAA1FBE3FF5AFB2C" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
: Port Lokko, 2 ɗɗ (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FE21FB3CFD88FB2C" box="[473,563,1154,1178]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FDB2FB3DFD6DFB2C" box="[586,726,1154,1179]" name="Ivory Coast" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Ivory Coast</collectingCountry>
: unstated locality, 1 ɗ (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FC0AFB3CFBF7FB2C" box="[1010,1100,1154,1178]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FB9BFB3CFB0BFB2C" box="[1123,1200,1154,1178]" name="Ghana" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Ghana</collectingCountry>
: Kete-Krachi, 2 ɗɗ (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FF67FB19FF42FB09" box="[159,249,1191,1215]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">BMNH</collectionCode>
); Ashanti Region, 1 ɗ (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FDECFB19FDE8FB09" box="[532,595,1191,1215]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/4b7r-7sec" name="Bavarian State Collection of Zoology" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">ZSM</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FD92FB19FD79FB09" box="[618,706,1191,1215]" name="Nigeria" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
: Ilesha, 1 ɗ (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FC9CFB19FC05FB09" box="[868,958,1191,1215]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">BMNH</collectionCode>
); Jemaa, 1 ɗ; Sept Kaduna, 1 ɗ (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FAA9FB19FA2BFB09" box="[1361,1424,1191,1215]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/4b7r-7sec" name="Bavarian State Collection of Zoology" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">ZSM</collectionCode>
).
<collectingCountry id="F3647CB01567EF16FF6FFB70FF5EFB50" box="[151,229,1230,1254]" name="Kenya" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">Kenya</collectingCountry>
: Suna, 18 ɗɗ, 1 ɗ /
<taxonomicName id="4C7347A31567EF16FE33FB73FD88FB53" box="[459,563,1229,1253]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Arctiidae</taxonomicName>
genitalia slide 6067 (
<collectionCode id="ED62A4E51567EF16FCDCFB73FCC4FB53" box="[804,895,1229,1253]" pageId="1" pageNumber="23">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
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Forewing ɗ
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. Male. HEAD: Grey with orange nuchal fringe. Palp brown dorsally, buff ventrally. Male antenna bipectinate, brownish grey, paler dorsally, with narrow flat pectinations and noticeable long sensilla. Longest pectination approximately equal to the diameter of the eye. THORAX: Patagium brownish grey with orange posterior fringe. Tegula brownish grey. Mesonotum brownish grey, becoming paler posteriorly. Metathorax buff-yellow. Legs: Forecoxa wide, short (approximately half the length of the femur). Femur orange dorsally and laterally and grey-brown on inner surface and apex; tibia and tarsus grey-brown. Epiphysis approximately 0.9 length of tibia. Foretibial spine absent; middle tibia with one pair, hind tibia with two pairs of spines. Forewing buff-yellow with pale brown interneural patches in most spaces, but in West African specimens sometimes less distinct between CuA2 and 1A+2A, and R3 and CuA1.The patch between CuA2 and 1A+2A is usually divided longitudinally. Hindwing pale buff-yellow. ABDOMEN: Dull orange dorsally with partial black segmental banding becoming fainter posteriorly; pale grey or dark buff laterally and ventrally. Genitalia: Posterior margin of eighth abdominal tergite narrow, tapered, and with two distinct short lobate terminal processes; eighth sternum with an acute medial sclerite and large lobate lateral sclerites. Coremata present. Saccus shallow, incomplete, and very weak. Juxta long, rounded basally, partially divided apically. Valva long, slender, s-shape and almost tubular section, extending beyond the apex of the uncus and terminating with a rounded setae covered tip. Projecting from the base and ventral edge of the valva is a long partially setose club-like process with a group of stout setae apically. Transtila arms short, robust and closely apposed. Uncus long, narrow, and tapering to a lightly hooked apex. Aedeagus without apical spines; vesica lightly scobinate and without cornuti. Female. Unknown.
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Distinguished from other Afrotropical
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with interneural patches of grey-brown by its small size and more rounded forewings. The genitalia of this species appears distinct from other currently known African
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