Meganola ronkayiana Hacker, 2012

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., Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182 : 179-180

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.1
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scientific name	Meganola ronkayiana Hacker, 2012
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Meganola ronkayiana Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 456. Type locality: Congo, Kalamba. Holotype, ♂ (in coll. T. Karisch/ MNVD).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 1 ♂, 1171m, Mt. Tonkoui Peak GoogleMaps , 07°27’15.2”N, 07°38’12.5”W, 1–8.XI.2015, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg., ANHRT:2017.16, slide No.: LGNA 225 ♂. Sierra Leone. 1 ♂, 120m, Tiwai Island , Moa River, N 07°33’00”, W11°21’09”, 17–22.vi.2016, Light Trap, leg. Takano, Miles & Goff, ANHRT:1017.18, slide No.: LGNA 411 ♂; 1 ♂, 180m, Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve , 21.ix.2015, N08°20’57”, W13°10’42”, Light Trap, R. Goff coll., leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H., slide No.: LGNA 466 ♂. Liberia. 1 ♂, 1000–1100m, Nimba Mts., ENNR, Nimba county ( Cellcom GoogleMaps road), 7°32’45.88”N, 8°31’21.04”W, 02–14.xii.2017, Cold Cathode Light Bucket, Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 490 ♂ ( ANHRT).

Distribution. D.R. Congo and Uganda ( Hacker et al. 2012). Specimens from Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia represent new country records.