Meganola argyrolepis subsp. marleyi

Meganola argyrolepis marleyi (van Son, 1933)

(Figs 23, 24, 56, 76)

Nola argyrolepis marleyi van Son, 1933, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 220. Type locality: [RSA] Zululand, St. Lucia Lake. Holotype female, in coll. TMSA.

Material examined: Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 2 ♀, 22m, West Gate, Sand Thicket, 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 3–13.XII.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide Nos: LGNA 320 ♀, LGNA 343 ♀; 2 ♂, same site and collectors, but collected at 21–30.XI.2016, slide Nos: LGNA 341 ♂, LGNA 452 ♂; 2 ♂, same locality and collectors, but collected in Sand Forest at 3–13.XII.2016, slide No: LGNA 342 ♂; 1 ♂, same locality but collected at 30.V.–9. VI.2017, MV Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. and Vetina, A. leg., slide No.: LGNA 380 ♂; 1 ♀, 18m, Hygrophilous Grass-Sand Forest Ecotone, 26°28’32.6”S, 32°45’7.7”E, 10.XII.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide No.: LGNA 344 ♀; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 22m, West Gate, Sand Thicket, 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 10–17.II.2018, MV Light Trap, Laszlo, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg., slide Nos: LGNA 450 ♀, LGNA 451 ♀; 1 ♂, same site and collectors but collected at 24–25.II.2018 (coll. ANHRT and MHNM).

Remark. The specimens of the Southern African population of M. argyrolepis differ from those of the nominate subspecies by their darker, more colourful forewing and considerably paler, whitish hindwing, justifying the subspecific separation. In the male and female genitalia there are no significant differences found between ssp. marleyi and the nominate subspecies. New country record for Mozambique.