Aurotalis nigrisquamalis (Hampson, 1919)

Graziano Bassi, 2016, Studies on Afrotropical Crambinae (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambidae): Notes on the genus Aurotalis Błeszyński, 1970, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 11-20 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.46283
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6082420
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scientific name	Aurotalis nigrisquamalis (Hampson, 1919)
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Figs 4 View Figs 1 - 6 , 9 View Figs 7 - 9 , 19, 20 View Figs 13 - 20

Conotalis nigrisquamalis Hampson, 1919b: 151 View in CoL .

Type locality: RSA.

Diagnosis: This species is similar in size and wing markings to A. dionisa Błeszyński ( Fig. 5 View Figs 1 - 6 ) and A. similis Bassi ( Fig. 6 View Figs 1 - 6 ) but the forewing ground colour is yellow with orange medial and subterminal fasciae, and the hindwings are yellow suffused brown with a partial subterminal dark line. In the male genitalia the bifurcate gnathos, the stout valva, and the phallus with two lateral sclerotized bands will readily separate this species from other members of the genus. In the female genitalia, the papillae anales with upturned ventral tip and the ductus bursae short and strongly sclerotized are diagnostic.

Additions to original description: Fresh adult habitus as in Fig. 4 View Figs 1 - 6 . Sclerotizations of abdominal segment VIII as in Fig. 19 View Figs 13 - 20 .

Male genitalia. Whole genitalia as in Fig. 9 View Figs 7 - 9 , with the ventral enlargement close to the uncus tip, bilobed gnathos, and phallus with two lateral and medio-distal sclerotized bands.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 20 View Figs 13 - 20 ): Papillae anales stout, upturned posteriorly and with globular bottom down bulge. Ductus bursae short, irregularly sclerotized. Corpus bursae suboval, lightly wrinkled. Ductus ejaculatorius opening in small enlargement of proximal third of corpus bursae.

Distribution: Lesotho, RSA, Swaziland, Zimbabwe.