Evonima littoralis (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 : 245

Evonima littoralis (van Son, 1933)

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Poecilonola littoralis van Son, 1933 , Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 201. Type locality: [ RSA] Natal, Durban. Holotype male, in coll. TMSA.

Material examined: Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 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., slide No.: LGNA 387 ♂; 1 ♂, same site, date and collectors, but collected at Actinic Light Trap; 1 ♂, 22m, West Gate, Sand Forest , 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 21–22.ii.2018, Actinic Light Trap, Laszlo, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. (coll. ANHRT) .

Taxonomic notes. The so far only known real Evonima species in the Afrotropics is E. westafricana Hacker, 2012 , displaying very similar genitalia structure to that of the type species of the genus ( Evonima aperta Walker, 1865 ) and its Asiatic relatives. The other two species treated as Evonima , E. littoralis (van Son, 1933) and E. ruhija Hacker, 2012 differ significantly in male genitalia from the ground plan of Asiatic Evonima and E. westafricana as it is shown in Hacker et al (2012), suggesting a need for erecting a distinct genus for littoralis and ruhija . As a complete revision of the African Evonima was out of the scope of this present paper, the original nomenclature is followed here. The species has already been recorded in Mozambique, Pemba ( Hacker 2014).

Figures

FIGURES 31–43. Meganola, Hampsonola and Evonima spp.: adults (all in coll. ANHRT). 31, Meganola lucia, ♀, Mozambique; 32, M. bispermutata, ♂, Mozambique; 33, M. bispermutata, ♀, Mozambique; 34, M. monofascia, ♂, Mozambique; 35, M. monofascia, ♂, Mozambique; 36, M. infuscata, ♂, Mozambique; 37, M. infuscata, ♀, Mozambique; 38, M. shangaana László sp. n., holotype, ♂, Mozambique; 39, M. shangaana László sp. n., paratype, ♂, Mozambique; 40, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, ♂, Mozambique; 41, H. elachistomorpha, ♀, Mozambique; 42, ’Hampsonola’ elachistonana, ♀, Mozambique; 43, Evonima littoralis, ♂, Mozambique.

FIGURES 62–66. Meganola, Hampsonola and Evonima spp.: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT). 62, Meganola infuscata, Mozambique, slide LGNA 383; 63, M. shangaana László sp. n., holotype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 386; 64, M. shangaana László sp. n., paratype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 516; 65, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, Mozambique, slide LGNA 440; 66, Evonima littoralis, Mozambique, slide LGNA 387.