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Meganola microfascia Hacker 2012

Description

Meganola microfascia Hacker, 2012

(Figs 8–9, 59, 90)

Meganola microfascia Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 374. Type locality: Congo, Eala. Holotype, ♂ (RMCA).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 1 ♂, 1171 m, Mt Tonkoui Peak, N07°27’15,2”, W07°38’12,5”, 1–8.XI.2015, Light Trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P. & Ruzzier, E., ANHRT:2017.16, slide No.: LGNA 250 ♂; 1 ♀, 174m, Tai NP., Tai Research Station (SRET), 05°50’00”N, 07°20’32”W, 25.III.–17.IV.2017, MV light, Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2017.25, slide No.: LGNA 418 ♀. Liberia. 1 ♀, 865m, Lofa County, 8°07’10”N, 9°57’11”W, 24–29.xi.2017, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 503 ♀ (ANHRT).

Remark. The rather characteristic M. microfascia Hacker, 2012 was described from male specimens only. The adult female and its genitalia are illustrated here for the first time (Figs 9, 90).

Distribution. D.R. Congo (Hacker et al. 2012). The specimens from Ivory Coast and Liberia represent new country records.

Notes

Published as part of László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I., pp. 151-182 in Zootaxa 4853 (2) on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4410542

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Nolidae
Genus
Meganola
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hacker
Species
microfascia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Meganola microfascia Hacker, 2012 sec. László, 2020

References

  • Hacker, H. H., Schreier, H. P. & Goater, B. (2012) Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). Esperiana, 17, 7 - 612.