taxonID	type	description	language	source
B4318794EB66FFA098D5F8DEFBA56E03.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Poloma angulata Walker, 1855 (by original monotypy).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB66FFA098D5F8DEFBA56E03.taxon	description	Re-description Male. Upperside. Ground colour of head, thorax and abdomen ferruginous to greyish-brown. Antenna bipectinate. Forewing triangular, rounded at apex, outer margin gently arcuate; ground colour brown, darker distally. Antemedial band dark brown, arcuate or angled, highlighted with paler scales on its inner and outer margins. Discal spot dark brown, small. Postmedial fascia dark brown, crenulate. Submarginal fascia beige or white, almost straight. Subterminal band dark brown, crenulate. Fringe dark brown. Hindwing outer margin arcuate; ground colour various shades of pink, sometimes with yellowish tinge. Postmedial fascia dark brown, gently arcuate, generally well-defined. Submarginal fascia and region beyond darker, irrorated with dark brown scales, its extent variable. Termination point of postmedial and submarginal fasciae along anal margin distinctly marked forming tornal spots. Underside ground colour of body and wings pale ferruginous brown. Meso- and metatibia with two and four spurs respectively. Wings uniform except for dark brown, crenulate postmedial and submarginal fasciae. Male genitalia. Uncus with a pair of apically rounded medial processes fused to the tegumen, and a pair of movable bilobed lateral processes, the inner of the two considerably longer. Tegumen ribbon-shaped. Gnathos plate-like, caudally emarginate. Valve triangular, bifurcate apico-dorsally; costa sclerotised. Costal margin concave. Sacculus medially reduced and indicated by heavy sclerotisation along ventral margin to tooth-like distal saccular process. Juxta wide U-shaped. Vinculum narrow, V-shaped. Saccus short, rounded at apex. Phallus slender with a triangular process at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius, tapering towards a sharply-pointed carina; coecum rounded at apex. Female. Similar to male but rami of antenna shorter, the colouration and patterning less contrasted and generally paler.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB66FFA098D5F8DEFBA56E03.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dissection of the four species currently assigned to Poloma revealed two pairs of species that albeit associated, cannot be considered congeneric based on the differing configurations of the genital capsules. The type species of Poloma, P. angulata and the closely allied P. variegata are small, highly distinctive Eupterotids that share a similar phenotype, with broad brown forewings and contrasting pink hindwings. In the male genitalia, the uncus is diagnostic with a pair of medial processes and a pair of bilobed lateral processes. The sacculus is poorly developed in comparison to other species of Janinae, with only a short tooth-like distal process. A new genus is described below for the remaining two species and detailed comparisons are made between the two genera.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB66FFA098D5F8DEFBA56E03.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The two members of this genus are restricted to southern Africa.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 4, 17, 21)	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Poloma angulata. Syntype ♂ (NHMUK): “ Type [circular label with green border] // Port / Natal [circular label; handwritten]; 49 / 29 [on reverse] // 1. POLOMA ANGULATA. // NHMUK 014200392 [QR Code] ”. Sarvena incompta. Holotype ♀ (NHMUK): “ Type [circular label with green border] // Bogota [circular label; handwritten]; 56 / 142 [on reverse] // Sarvena [handwritten] // incompta [handwritten] // NHMUK 014200393 [QR Code] ”. Homochroa janula. Syntype ♂ (NHMUK): “ Port / Natal [blue border] // FELDER / COLLN. [circular label] // Homochroa / Janula / Nob. in tab. [red ink] // NHMUK 014200380 [QR Code] ”.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	discussion	Notes. The syntype of P. angulata (Fig. 1) is one of four specimens of this species collected by Wilhelm Gueinzius included in the original type series by Francis Walker. The B. M. 1849 - 29 accession consisted of 303 specimens purchased from Samuel Stevens by NHMUK. There are three specimens from the Felder collection (ex. Rothschild Bequest [B. M. 1939 - 1]) in NHMUK and all are considered syntypic. The specimen illustrated herein (Fig. 2) carries a specific determination label in red ink that is believed to be in the hand of Catejan von Felder (see Horn et al. 1990, pl. 36, fig. 32) and is most probably the specimen figured in pl. 94, fig. 4. of Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer (1874).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	materials_examined	Other material examined (32 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀): SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: East London, 10. iv. 1917, leg. N. J. Crosby (1 ♂ NHMUK); Grahamstown [= Makhanda], x. 1901 (1 ♂ NHMUK); same data but, leg. W. L. Distant (1 ♂ NHMUK); Katberg, 01 – 10. ii. 1933, leg. R. E. Turner (1 ♂ NHMUK); King William’s Town [= Qonce], leg. Dr Henderson (1 ♂ NHMUK); Port St. Johns, ix. 1923, leg. R. E. Turner (1 ♂ NHMUK); Transkei, leg. Miss Barrett (1 ♂ NHMUK); Kwazulu-Natal: [no data], 1874, leg. E. C. Buxton (1 ♂ OUMNH); Cumberland Nature Reserve, 660 m, 28 ° 30 ' 50 " S, 30 ° 30 ' 17 " E, 15 – 16. ii. 2018, leg. R. Yakovlev & V. Kovtunovich (2 ♂♂ ANHRT); Dragon Peaks Park, 09 – 12. xi. 1993, leg. W. Mey & K. Ebert (1 ♂ MfN); Durban (1 ♀ NHMUK); same data but 1903 (2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ NHMUK); same data but leg. G. F. Leigh (1 ♂ NHMUK); same data but x. 1913, leg. L. Hargreaves (1 ♂ NHMUK); Kloof, 1500 ft, ix. 1926, leg. R. E. Turner (1 ♂ NHMUK); Malvern, 24. ix. 1897, leg. G. A. K. Marshall (1 ♂ NHMUK); same data but leg. C. N. Barker (4 ♂♂ OUMNH); Maritzburg [= Pietermaritzburg] (1 ♂ NHMUK); Natal (3 ♂♂ OUMNH); Pinetown, 02. iv. 1884, leg. J. H. Bowker (1 ♂ NHMUK); Springvale, 31. x. 1948, leg. E. M. Gibson (1 ♂ NHMUK); Verulam, leg. A. J. Spiller (1 ♂ MfN; 1 ♂ NHMUK); Limpopo: Shilouvane, leg. H. Junod (1 ♂ NHMUK); Soutpansberg, Lajuma, 23 ° 02 ' S, 29 ° 26 ' E, 22 – 31. x. 2004, leg. F. Koch (1 ♂ MfN); Mpumalanga: Endiatongana [= Endhlazana], i. 1903, leg. W. M. Mercer (1 ♂ NHMUK).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Forewing length: male: 20 – 24 mm, female: 25 – 27 mm. Poloma angulata is closely allied to P. variegata but can be easily differentiated based on the habitus. In the former, the antennal flagellum is covered along its entire length with creamy scales and the rami are pale brown in colour, while in the latter, the flagellum and rami are dark brown. Similar to the antennae, the legs are a pale brown colour in P. angulata but a darker brown in P. variegata. The ground colour of the forewing is brown in P. angulata but heavily irrorated with white and greyish scaling in P. variegata. The antemedial band is gently curved in the former but angled and sinuate in the latter, while the outer and inner edges of the band, as well as the submarginal fascia are beige in the former and white in the latter. The most diagnostic feature of the forewing in P. angulata is the dark brown marking between the antemedial band and postmedial fasciae which is right-angled proximally, the marking being wholly absent in P. variegata. In addition, the hindwing ground colour of P. angulata is a much duller reddish-pink in comparison to the rosy-pink of P. variegata. In the male genitalia of P. variegata, the uncus is medially extended and apically bifurcate (Fig. 18); in P. angulata, the uncus is only partially extended and these processes are placed further apart from each other at their base (Fig. 17). The inner of the two bilobed lateral processes is narrower and longer in P. variegata while the saccular process is positioned nearer the apex in P. angulata and the saccus is broader.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	biology_ecology	Foodplants. Canthium ciliatum (Rubiaceae) (Taylor 1957: 321); Canthium inerme (Rubiaceae) (Kroon 1999: 5).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB65FFA698D5F9ECFDFB6DAE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Poloma angulata is broadly distributed in temperate and subtropical zones, along the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains from the western-most extent of the Maputaland-Pondoland bushlands and thickets ecoregion in the Eastern Cape to the woodlands of eastern Limpopo and Mpumalanga province, where it is found sympatrically with P. variegata (Fig. 21).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB63FFA798D5F8F7FDA2683F.taxon	description	(Figs 5 – 8, 18, 22)	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB63FFA798D5F8F7FDA2683F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Holotype ♂ (NHMUK): “ Type [circular label with red border] // Delag. B. or / Angola / (Monteiro). [black border] // Hemijana / griseola [sic] / Type Rothsch. [handwritten in L. W. Rothschild’s hand] // Hemijana / variegata R. / Holotype / det. A. Watson 1965 / [Inspite of above / label — see orig. descr.] [partially handwritten] // NHMUK 014200399 [QR Code] ”. Other material examined (50 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀): MOZAMBIQUE: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, 22 m, 26 ° 30 ' 14.2 " S, 32 ° 42 ' 59.6 " E, 21 – 30. xi. 2016, leg. M. Aristophanous, J. Cristovão, G. László & W. Miles (2 ♂♂ ANHRT); SOUTH AFRICA: Kwazulu-Natal: Belvedere Game Ranch, 430 m, 27 ° 31 ' S, 31 ° 45 ' E, 22 – 26. ii. 2018, leg. V. Kovtunovich & R. Yakovlev (47 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ ANHRT); Limpopo: Ingwe Ranch, Soutpansberg, 14 – 15. x. 1999, leg. W. Mey (1 ♂ MfN). Records from literature: SOUTH AFRICA: Tshukudu Game Reserve, Hoedspruit and Xilutsi, Acornhoek (Staude et al. 2020).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB63FFA798D5F8F7FDA2683F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Forewing length: male: 20 – 24 mm, female: 21 – 25 mm. See above under P. angulata for differential diagnoses.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB63FFA798D5F8F7FDA2683F.taxon	biology_ecology	Foodplants. Canthium armatum (Rubiaceae) (Kroon 1999: 79; Staude et al. 2020: 24), Pyrostria histrix (Rubiaceae) (Staude et al. 2023: 246).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB63FFA798D5F8F7FDA2683F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species has a much more restricted distribution than P. angulata and is associated with woodland and open habitats on the escarpment as well as coastal habitats in north-eastern South Africa and coastal south-western Mozambique (Fig. 22).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB62FFA498D5FC18FBCF69A9.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Poloma castanea Aurivillius, 1901, Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 27 (4): 12, by present designation.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB62FFA498D5FC18FBCF69A9.taxon	description	Description Male. Upperside. Ground colour of head, thorax, wings and abdomen brown or grey. Antenna bipectinate, rami with sensilla. Forewing elongate triangular, slightly angled at apex, outer margin gently arcuate; fasciae and patterning darker shade of ground colour. Anal margin with longitudinal marking between base and antemedial fascia. Antemedial sinuate. Discal spot dark or cream-coloured, well-defined. Postmedial and submarginal fasciae broadly running parallel to each other, arcuate and gently sinuate; crenulate fasciae sometimes present between these two fasciae. Submarginal fasciae distally with spots. Terminal area darker. Hindwing outer margin arcuate. Postmedial and submarginal fasciae arcuate, sometimes indistinct. Underside ground colour of body and wings as on upperside but paler. Meso- and metatibia with two and four spurs respectively. Wings uniform except for dark brown, arcuate, postmedial and submarginal fasciae, the latter slightly crenulate. Male genitalia. Uncus medially reduced, with a pair of apically rounded lateral processes fused mesally, and conjoined by a membrane basally. Tegumen ribbon-shaped. Gnathos plate-like, weakly sclerotised. Valve elongate, pointed apically, and divided into well-defined costal and saccular sections (which are fused). Costal margin concave. Sacculus extending along almost the entire length of valve; distal saccular process tooth-like. Juxta V-shaped. Vinculum narrow, V-shaped. Saccus short, rounded at apex. Phallus slender with triangular process at entrance of ductus ejaculatorius, tapering towards sharply-pointed carina; coecum rounded at apex. Female. Similar to male but rami of antenna shorter, the colouration and patterning less contrasted and generally paler, and the forewing is more elongate with a generally more pointed apex.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB62FFA498D5FC18FBCF69A9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Despite some similarities between Poloma and the two Dracopoloma gen. nov. species (in particular the type species D. castanea), the forewings of the latter are more elongate, both species display a dark spot along the anal margin and the postmedial and submarginal bands are arcuate. The male genitalia of the Dracopoloma gen. nov. species are however quite distinct from Poloma, the uncus heavily reduced medially with a pair of apically rounded lateral processes fused mesally in the former rather than the pairs of medial and lateral processes in the latter. The homology of the lateral processes in Poloma and Dracopoloma gen. nov. is unclear and in the case of the latter, may represent socii (cf. Oberprieler et al. 2003). The fused lateral processes are not dissimilar to those of Papuapterote styx (Bethune-Baker, 1908) as figured by Oberprieler et al. (2003, fig. 25) although the configuration of the capsule itself is fundamentally different. The elongate valve is distinctive in Dracopoloma gen. nov. species, which is clearly divided into well-defined costal and saccular sections unlike in Poloma where there is no division, and lacking the apico-dorsal bifurcations present in the latter. In addition, the saccular process is almost as wide as the valve compared to Poloma species where it is barely half the width. The recent descriptions of several new Eupterotidae genera in the Asian fauna have revealed the uncus configuration as a diagnostic generic character (e. g., Nässig & Naumann 2022), while in the Afrotropical Janinae, the ground plan of both the uncus and valve seemingly remain highly constant between congeners (Takano 2024). Dracopoloma gen. nov. is herein placed in the subfamily Janinae due to its divided valve, a synapomorphy for the subfamily according to Oberprieler et al. (2003).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB62FFA498D5FC18FBCF69A9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus derives its name from the Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa, an area with varied habitats harbouring many endemic species, and where the distribution of both the species in the genus is centred.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB62FFA498D5FC18FBCF69A9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Members of this genus are restricted to South Africa and Eswatini.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB61FFA498D5FCF2FDEC6CA3.taxon	description	(Figs 9 – 12, 19, 23)	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB61FFA498D5FCF2FDEC6CA3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Holotype ♂ (NHRS): “ Typus [black border; red card] // Natal // Poloma castanea / Type Aur. [handwritten] // NHRS-SRAH / 000001501 ”. Other material examined (8 ♂♂ 1 ♀): BOTSWANA: [no data], 1892 (1 ♂ MfN); ESWATINI: Swaziland, 18. x. 1903, leg. R. Crawshay (1 ♂ NHMUK); SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng: Johannesburg, leg. J. Hyde (1 ♂ NHMUK); Kwazulu-Natal: Glencoe, i. 1915 (1 ♂ OUMNH); Newcastle, leg. Donovan (1 ♂ NHMUK); Mpumalanga: Belfast, xi. 1913, leg. A. G. Cook (1 ♂ NHMUK); Piet Retief [= Mkhondo], 11. x. 1903, leg. R. Crawshay (1 ♂ NHMUK); same data but 16. x. 1903 (1 ♀ NHMUK); same data but 10. ix. 1903, leg. Mrs W. Mercer (1 ♂ NHMUK).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB61FFA498D5FCF2FDEC6CA3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Forewing length: male: 25 – 27 mm, female: 28 mm. The forewing costal region of D. castanea is typically darkened (Fig. 10) but in some individuals this area is heavily irrorated with silvery-white scales (Fig. 11), and it is possible that it is this latter variant that is referred to by Pinhey (1975) as the “ elegant ” and “ possibly distinct ” taxon. Dracopoloma castanea and D. nigromaculata can readily be separated based on the ground colour which is a ferruginous brown in the former and grey in the latter. On the forewing, they both share the basal spot along the anal margin and similar postmedial and submarginal fasciae although D. castanea possesses a larger discal spot and the costal margin is also slightly concave. Spots are present distad of the submarginal fascia but they are indistinctly marked in D. castanea and only present in spaces CUA 1, M 3 and R 5 whereas in D. nigromaculata, there are three dark brown, well-defined lunular markings from the costa to vein R 5. Despite the differences in the habitus, the differences in the male genitalia are more subtle: in D. castanea, the medial emargination of the fused lateral processes of the uncus is shallower with a wider cleft (Fig. 19) compared with D. nigromaculata (Fig. 20), and the phallus is considerably longer (as long as or longer than the valve) in the former compared to the latter (shorter than the sacculus).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB61FFA498D5FCF2FDEC6CA3.taxon	biology_ecology	Foodplants. Unknown.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB61FFA498D5FCF2FDEC6CA3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Associated with the Drakensberg montane grasslands and forests, as well as the Highveld grasslands ecoregions, D. castanea is distributed at higher elevations in Eswatini and South Africa (Fig. 23). Based on habitat, the single late 19 th Century record from Botswana is somewhat doubtful; Pinhey (1975) listed the country within the distribution of the species (having incorrectly stated that this taxon was described from Botswana) but he had only examined specimens from Natal.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB6FFFAB98D5FF7BFC446995.taxon	description	(Figs 13 – 16, 20, 24)	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB6FFFAB98D5FF7BFC446995.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined: Phyllalia nigromaculata. Holotype ♂ (MfN): “ Type. [orange card] // Port Natal / Schtt. 70. [black border; yellow card; handwritten] // Poloma / nigromaculata / Aur. typ. [handwritten] // 34 [light blue paper] // 418. [handwritten] ”. Stenoglene nahor. Holotype ♂ (NHMUK): “ Type [circular label with red border] // Umtata, / Pondoland. / E. H. Druce. // Stenoglene / nahor ♂ / Type Druce // NHMUK 0014200394 [QR Code] ”. Hemijana griseola. Holotype ♂ (NHMUK): “ Mooi River, / Natal. // Poloma / nigromacu / lata Aur. det. M. Gaede [partially handwritten] // NHMUK 014200383 [QR Code] ”. Other material examined (6 ♂♂ 1 ♀): SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal (1 ♂ OUMNH); Eastern Cape: Transkei (1 ♂ NHMUK); Port St. Johns, 29. i – 05. ii. 1924, leg. R. E. Turner (1 ♂ NHMUK); same data but ix. 1923 (1 ♂ NHMUK); Kwazulu-Natal: Durban, leg. J. H. Bowker (1 ♀ NHMUK); Impetyeni [= Impetyne] Forest, 1. ix. 1920 (1 ♂ OUMNH); Kloof, 1500 ft, ix. 1926, leg. R. E. Turner (1 ♂ NHMUK).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB6FFFAB98D5FF7BFC446995.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Forewing length: male: 22 – 23 mm, female: 26 mm. See above under D. castanea for differential diagnoses.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB6FFFAB98D5FF7BFC446995.taxon	biology_ecology	Foodplants. Unknown.	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
B4318794EB6FFFAB98D5FF7BFC446995.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Endemic to South Africa and apparently uncommon. Based on the limited number of specimens examined, the distribution of this species appears to be centred around the Maputaland-Pondoland bushlands and thickets ecoregion at the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains (Fig. 24).	en	Takano, Hitoshi, Morgan, Lauren E. (2025): A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 526-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
