Thaumetopoea latinivea László & Schintlmeister, 2021

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 : 225-226

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DA4D56DA-9F74-46BA-AEC7-9E63179AE944

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4725167

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E0BA1899-1C52-4659-A80B-29A60D9ED7EF

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:E0BA1899-1C52-4659-A80B-29A60D9ED7EF

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Thaumetopoea latinivea László & Schintlmeister
status

sp. nov.

Thaumetopoea latinivea László & Schintlmeister sp. n. ( Figs. 100–101 View FIGURES 94–106 , 134 View FIGURES 133–135 )

Holotype. Male , “ Mozambique, 22m, Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, (Sand Forest), 26°30’14.2”S, 32°42’59.6”E, 13–15.II.2018, MV Light Trap, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2018.2”, unique number: ANHRTUK 00019995, genitalia slide No.: LG 5317 ( ANHRT). GoogleMaps

Paratypes. Mozambique. 1 male, with the same data as the holotype, unique number: ANHRTUK 00019996, genitalia slide No.: LG 4555 GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Maputo Special Reserve, Futi Corridor ( Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic ), 17m, 26°32’10.1”S, 32°43’09.7”E, 23–24.ii.2018, Actinic Light Trap, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2018.2, unique number: ANHRTUK 00020025, genitalia slide No.: ANHRT 00349 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. This species is reminiscent of Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909 (figs. 102–103), but is distinguished by its considerably paler forewing ground colour and markedly broader whitish oblique stripe of the forewing, with a much narrower dark area at the basal third of the costa. The male genitalia of all Thaumetopoea species are rather simplified, displaying only subtle differences between species (cf. Hacker 2016, plate 8: a–d). Nevertheless, T. latinivea can be distinguished from T. apologetica by its noticeably broader socii and apically broader, rounded quadrangular valva, which is more triangular in its congener (figs 134–135).

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