Sonitha integra Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Tejuoso, Olanrewaju, Friend, Herman L., Prozorov, Alexey M., Yakovlev, Roman V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Prozorova, Tatiana A., Sulak, Harald, Volkova, Julia S., Murphy, Raymond J., Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2024, Sonitha adetoun - a new species from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini), Ecologica Montenegrina 72, pp. 71-80 : 75-76

Sonitha integra Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

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( Figs 4–6 , 8, 10 , 12 )

New records: 4♂, DRC, Mai- Ndombe , Ekongo camp, 2.75613 S, 20.31538 E, 350 m, X.2017, XII.2017, II.2018, leg. A. Prozorov, T. Prozorova et al., GS 0999, 1018 ( CGM / USTTB). Altogether 5♂ and ♀ are known to us.

Distribution ( Fig. 10 ). Central Congolian lowland forests and eastern Congolian swamp forests in DRC.

Biology. Adults were collected in II, III, X, XII from altitudes up to 350 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages remain unknown.

Figures

Figures 1–7. Adults of Sonitha spp. 1–3. S. lila. 1. ♂, Angola, 26 km E Cassongue, GS 1417 (CGM/USTTB). 2. ♀, Malawi, Mzuzu (CGM/USTTB). 3. ♀, Tanzania, Tubira Forest, GS 2012-019 (NHMO). 4–6. S. integra. 4. PT ♀, DRC, Lodja, GS LAS-027 (NHMUK). 5–6. ♂, DRC, Ekongo, GS 0999, 1018 (CGM/USTTB). 7. S. adetoun sp. n., HT ♂, DRC, Ekongo, GS 1000 (CGM/USTTB). Scale bar – 1 cm.

Figures 8–10. ♂ of Sonitha integra (8) and S. adetoun sp. n. (9) in nature, and map with collecting sites for Sonitha spp. (10).

Figures 11–13. ♂ genitalia of Sonitha spp. 11. S. lila, Angola, 26 km E Cassongue, GS 1417 (CGM/USTTB). 12. S. integra, DRC, Ekongo, GS 0999 (CGM/USTTB). 13. S. adetoun sp. n., HT, DRC, Ekongo, GS 1000 (CGM/USTBB). Scale bar – 1 mm.