Pusiola celida ( Bethune-Baker, 1911 )

Durante, Antonio & Apinda-Legnouo, Emelie Arlette, 2022, Fifth contribution to the study of the Lithosiini of Gabon: two genera new for Gabon, with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5091 (3), pp. 416-428 : 417-418

Pusiola celida ( Bethune-Baker, 1911)

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Material. GABON: 2 ♂♂, Ipassa ( Makokou ), 500 m asl, 0°30’43’’N 12°48’13’’E, 24/ 25-2-2011, Durante leg. , g. sl. n. 1033 MAD; 1 ♂, same data, 16/ 28-2-2012 ; 3 ♂♂, same data, 14/ 24-3-2015 , g. sl. n. 1032 MAD; 1 ♂, same data, 18/ 20-11-2017 ; 1 ♂, Mondah forest , 0°34’44’’N 9°20’06’’E, 26-11-2017, Durante leg. ; 1 ♂, Monts de Cristal, Kinguele , 0°27’12’’N 10°16’40’’E, 26/ 30-4-2019, Durante leg. ; UGANDA: 6 ♂♂, Kibale forest, 1,500 m asl, 0°33’40’’N 30°21’24’’E, 19/ 24-10-2014, Durante leg. , g. sl. n. 1030 MAD.

Remarks. Species for Uganda for the first time was recorded by Kiriakoff (1958: 16). It was found at Kilembe and Fort Portal, and reported in combination with Phryganopsis Felder, 1874. This species has also recently been recorded for the Republic of Guinea ( Durante & Panzera 2002a) and Kenya ( Kühne 2008), having previously been recorded for Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Angola (see De Prins & De Prins 2011 –2021 for detailed bibliography). For the subspecies distribution records from the Republic of Guinea, please refer to the Discussion.

Genitalia are figured in Durante & Panzera (2002a).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Lithosiini spp.: adults. 1, Pusiola unicolor n. sp.—holotype male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 2, ditto—paratype, male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 3, ditto—paratype, female. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 4, ditto—paratype, female. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 5, Pusiola celida—male. Gabon, Mondah forest. 6, Novilema bifurcum n. sp.—holotype, male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 7, Novilema fluminale—male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 8, ditto—male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park.