Meganola monofascia (van Son, 1933 )

László, Gyula M. & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the Nolini of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), Zootaxa 4571 (2), pp. 225-246 : 236-237

Meganola monofascia (van Son, 1933)

( Figs 34, 35 , 61 )

Nola major var. monofascia van Son, 1933 , Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 214. Type locality: [ RSA] Transvaal, Pietersburg.

Material examined: Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 1 ♂, 22m, West Gate, Sand Forest , 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 3–13.XII.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide No.:

LGNA 354 ♂; 2 ♂, 22m, West Gate , Sand Forest, 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 21–30.XII.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide Nos : LGNA 517 ♂ , LGNA 518 ♂; 1 ♂, same site and collectors, but collected at 21–22.II.2018, slide No .: LGNA 519 ♂; 1 ♂, Ponta Milibangalala , Dune Grassland, 26°26’58.6”S, 32°55’29.8”E, 25–30.V.2017 , MV Light Trap , Aristophanous, M., Laszlo, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. (coll. ANHRT) .

Remark. The species was known so far only from Transvaal. A short series of specimens of the species was collected in the Maputo Special Reserve is externally nearly identical with M. bispermutata specimens, but obviously belong to M. monofascia according to the genitalia morphology. The safe separation of M. monofascia from M. bispermutata requires genitalia dissection. New country record for Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURES 31–43. Meganola, Hampsonola and Evonima spp.: adults (all in coll. ANHRT). 31, Meganola lucia, ♀, Mozambique; 32, M. bispermutata, ♂, Mozambique; 33, M. bispermutata, ♀, Mozambique; 34, M. monofascia, ♂, Mozambique; 35, M. monofascia, ♂, Mozambique; 36, M. infuscata, ♂, Mozambique; 37, M. infuscata, ♀, Mozambique; 38, M. shangaana László sp. n., holotype, ♂, Mozambique; 39, M. shangaana László sp. n., paratype, ♂, Mozambique; 40, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, ♂, Mozambique; 41, H. elachistomorpha, ♀, Mozambique; 42, ’Hampsonola’ elachistonana, ♀, Mozambique; 43, Evonima littoralis, ♂, Mozambique.

FIGURES 53–61. Mecothrix and Meganola spp.: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT except where otherwise indicated). 53, Mecothrix maputuana László sp. n., paratype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 303; 54, M. omphalota lectotype, Nigeria, slide BM Arctiidae 452 (©NHMUK); 55, Meganola leucalea, Mozambique, slide LGNA 330; 56, M. argyrolepis marleyi, Mozambique, slide LGNA 341; 57, M. bipartita, Mozambique, slide LGNA 345; 58, M. patricia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 348; 59, M. lucia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 447; 60, M. bispermutata, Mozambique, slide LGNA 358; 61, M. monofascia, Mozambique, slide LGNA 354.