Meganola bipartita (van Son, 1933 )

László, Gyula M. & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the Nolini of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), Zootaxa 4571 (2), pp. 225-246 : 235

Meganola bipartita (van Son, 1933)

( Figs 25–27 , 57 , 77 )

Paranola bipartita van Son, 1933 , Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 222. Type locality: [ Mozambique] Portuguese E. Africa, Magude.

Material examined: Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 2 ♂, 22m, West Gate, Sand Forest , 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 No.: LGNA 345 ♂; 2 ♂, 22m, West Gate, Sand Thicket , 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 21–30.XI.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide No.: LGNA 347 ♂; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 9m, Mangrove Camp, Mangrove-Woodland Mosaic , 26°19'35.9"S, 32°42'35.7"E, 7–9.XII.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide Nos: LGNA 421 ♂, LGNA 346 ♀, LGNA 449 ♀; 1 ♂, 22m, West Gate, Sand Forest , 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 30.V.–9. VI .2017, MV Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Laszlo , G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. ; 1 ♀, Forest clearing campsite, Sand Forest , 26°17’24”S, 32°45’45”E, 9–12. VI .2017, Actinic Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Laszlo , G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 22m, West Gate, Sand Forest , 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 13–15.II.2018, Actinic and MV Light Traps, Laszlo, G., Mulvaney , J., Smith, L. leg., slide No.: LGNA 506 ♀; 2 ♂, same site and collectors but collected at 21–22.II.2018; 6 ♂, 17m, Futi Corridor ( Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 26°32'10.1"S, 32°43'09.7"E, 23–24.II.2018, Actinic Light Trap, Laszlo, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg., slide No.: LGNA 448 ♂ (coll. ANHRT and MHNM).

Remark. M. bipartita is one of the most frequent Meganola species of the Maputo Special Reserve representing the nominate subspecies described from Magude.

Figures

FIGURES 17–30. Mecothrix and Meganola spp.: adults (all in coll. ANHRT except where otherwise indicated) 17, Mecothrix maputuana László sp. n., paratype, ♀, Mozambique; 18, M. maputuana László sp. n., paratype, ♀, Mozambique;19, M. omphalota Lectotype, ♂, Nigeria (©NHMUK); 20, M. omphalota, ♀, Gambia; 21, Meganola leucalea, ♂, Mozambique; 22, M. leucalea, ♀, Mozambique; 23, M. argyrolepis marleyi, ♂, Mozambique; 24, M. argyrolepis marleyi, ♀, Mozambique; 25, M. bipartita, ♂, Mozambique; 26, M. bipartita, ♀, Mozambique; 27, M. bipartita, ♀, Mozambique; 28, M. patricia, ♂, Mozambique; 29, M. patricia, ♀, Mozambique; 30, M. lucia, ♂, Mozambique.

FIGURES 53–61. Mecothrix and Meganola spp.: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT except where otherwise indicated). 53, Mecothrix maputuana László sp. n., paratype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 303; 54, M. omphalota lectotype, Nigeria, slide BM Arctiidae 452 (©NHMUK); 55, Meganola leucalea, Mozambique, slide LGNA 330; 56, M. argyrolepis marleyi, Mozambique, slide LGNA 341; 57, M. bipartita, Mozambique, slide LGNA 345; 58, M. patricia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 348; 59, M. lucia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 447; 60, M. bispermutata, Mozambique, slide LGNA 358; 61, M. monofascia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 354.

FIGURES 76–83. Meganola and Hampsonola spp.: male genitalia (coll. ANHRT). 76, M. argyrolepis marleyi, Mozambique, slide LGNA 320; 77, M. bipartita, Mozambique, slide LGNA 346; 78, M. patricia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 349; 79, M. lucia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 352; 80, M. bispermutata, Mozambique, slide LGNA 521; 81, M. infuscata, Mozambique, slide LGNA 384; 82, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, Mozambique, slide LGNA 441; 83, ’Hampsonola’ elachistonana, Mozambique, slide LGNA 508.