Desmeocraera platti Janse, 1920

László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 201-243 : 212

Desmeocraera platti Janse, 1920 ( Figs. 41–42 , 121 , 140 )

Desmeocraera platti Janse, 1920 , Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(3): 190, pl. 13:16. Type locality: [ South Africa] Natal, Krantzkloof. Holotype, male (TMSA).

Figures

FIGURES 35–52: adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 35, Desmeocraera interpellatrix, ♂; 36, Ibidem, ♂; 37, D. nugatrix, ♂; 38, Ibidem, ♂; 39, D. distanti, ♂; 40, Ibidem, ♀; 41, D. platti, ♂; 42, Ibidem, ♀; 43, D. bethunebakeri, ♂; 44, Ibidem, ♂; 45, D. oliva, ♂; 46, Ibidem, ♂; 47, Ibidem, ♀; 48, D. basalis, ♂; 49, Ibidem, ♀; 50, D. latex, ♂; 51, Chlorocalliope calliope, ♂; 52, Ibidem, ♀.

FIGURES 118–121. Male genitalia (a: clasping apparatus, b: phallus, c: 8th abdominal segment; all MSR, coll. ANHRT). 118, Desmeocraera interpellatrix, slide No. LG 5291; 119, D. nugatrix, slide No. ANHRT 00354; 120, D. distanti, slide No.ANHRT 00361; 121, D. platti, slide No. ANHRT 00359.

FIGURES 136–141. Female genitalia. 136, Archistilbia mlawula, slide No.ANHRT 00377 (MSR, ANHRT); 137, Subscrancia pinheyi, slide No.ANHRT 00380 (MSR,ANHRT); 138, Arciera meridiana sp. n., paratype, slide No. TM 16894 (RSA, TMSA); 139, Desmeocraera distanti, slide No.ANHRT 00362 (MSR,ANHRT); 140, D. platti, slide No.ANHRT 00360 (MSR,ANHRT); 141, Eurystauridia iphis, slide No. ANHRT 00375 (MSR, ANHRT).