Zinara cymatoides West, 1937

Taberer, Tabitha R. & László, Gyula M., 2022, A contribution to the knowledge of the slug moths (Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve, Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 6-20 : 8

Zinara cymatoides West, 1937 ( Figs 26–27 )

Zinara cymatoides West, 1937, Annals and Magazine of Natural History , (10)20: 83, pl. 2, fig.19. Type locality: [ Kenya] Brit. E. Africa, Taveta. Holotype, female ( NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 4 males, 1 female, West Gate (Sand Forest, Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 21–30.xi.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22 ; 1 female, same site and collectors, 3–13.xii.2016 ; 2 males, same site, 10–17.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 3 males, same site and collectors, 9–17.ii.2018 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 24.ii.2018 ; 2 males, same site and collectors, 13–15.ii.2018 ; 2 males, same site and collectors, 21–22.ii.2018 ; 1 male, Futi Corridor (Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 17 m, 26°32′10.1″S, 32°43′09.7″E, 23–24.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 .

Distribution: This species was described from specimens collected in Kenya. Our research has found it to also occur in Mozambique.

Figures

Figures 26–37. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 26 – Zinara cymatoides, female; 27 – ibidem, male; 28 – Micraphe lateritia, male; 29 – ibidem, male; 30 – Neomocena convergens, male; 31 – ibidem, male; 32 – ibidem, male; 33 – Trogocrada deleter, male; 34 – ibidem, male; 35 – Niphadolepis auricincta, male; 36 – ibidem, male; 37 – Unidentified Limacodinae sp., male.