Meganola xantholeuca Hacker, 2012

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Meganola xantholeuca Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 498. Type locality: Ivory Coast, Danane. Holotype, ♂ (ZSM).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 2 ♀, 1171m, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, 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 Nos: LGNA 86 ♀, LGNA 253 ♀. Liberia. 1 ♀, 883m, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts, Ridge Camp 2, 8°07’20.79”N, 9°56’50.75”W, 22– 31.xi.2018, Cold Cathode UV Light Trap (8W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg. ANHRT:2018.43, slide No.: LGNA 977 (ANHRT).

Remark. M. xantholeuca was considered to be a sister species of M. cretacea (Hampson, 1914) by Hacker et al. (2012). The taxonomy of M. cretacea has been clarified by László (2020) and the species has been transferred to the genus Ezishnola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 . The former presumption namely that M. xantholeuca is related to E. cretacea was due to a misidentification of the latter taxon by Hacker et al. (2012) (László 2020).

Distribution. Ivory Coast and Nigeria (Hacker et al. 2012). New record for Liberia.