Thacona stictica ( Hampson, 1910 )

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 : 203

Thacona stictica ( Hampson, 1910) ( Figs. 2-3 , 107 )

Scrancia stictica Hampson, 1910 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8), 5(30): 480-481. Type locality: [ South Africa] Natal, Durban. Holotype, female (NHMUK).

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FIGURES 1–19: adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 1, Thacona brunnescens, ♂; 2, T. stictica, ♂; 3, Ibidem, ♀; 4, T. smithi sp. n., holotype, ♂; 5, Ibidem, paratype ♂; 6, Postscrancia discomma, ♂; 7, Ibidem, ♀; 8, Archistilbia mlawula, ♂; 9, Ibidem, ♂; 10, Ibidem, ♀; 11, Ibidem, ♀; 12, Subscrancia albobrunnea, ♂; 13, Ibidem, ♀; 14, S. pinheyi, ♂; 15, Ibidem, ♀; 16, Arciera grisea, lectotype, ♂, [Gabon] Ogoue (CMNH); 17, A. meridiana sp. n., holotype, ♂; 18, Ibidem, paratype, ♂; 19, Ibidem, paratype, ♀, RSA, Zululand (TMSA).

FIGURES 107–110. Male genitalia (a: clasping apparatus, b: phallus, c: 8th abdominal segment; all MSR, coll. ANHRT). 107, Thacona stictica, slide No. ANHRT 00383; 108, T. smithi sp. n., holotype slide No. LG 5324; 109, Subscrancia albobrunnea, slide No. ANHRT 00378; 110, S. pinheyi, slide No. ANHRT 00379.