Nola politzari Hacker, 2012

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 : 228

Nola politzari Hacker, 2012

( Figs 6, 7 , 47 , 68 )

Nola politzari Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 75. Type locality: [ Burkina Faso], Folonzo am Fluss, Comoe. Holotype male, in coll. ZSM.

Material examined: Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 2 ♂, 9m, Mangrove Camp, Mangrove-Woodland Mosaic , 26°19'35.9"S, 32°42'35.7"E, 7–9.XII.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., Laszlo, G., Miles, W. leg., slide No.: LGNA 329 ♂; 1 ♂, 15m, 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. ; 2 ♀, 22m, West Gate, Sand Forest , 26°30'14.2"S, 32°42'59.6"E, 30.V.–9. VI .2017, MV Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Laszlo , G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg., slide Nos: LGNA 509 ♀, LGNA 510 ♀ (coll. ANHRT, MHNM).

Remark. The species is very similar to Nola squalida Staudinger, 1870 , and Nola afrotaeniata Hacker, 2012 , the differences between the three species, however, are well expressed in the female genitalia ( Hacker et al 2012). The concept of Hacker on the distribution of N. squalida seems to be correct considering the species being widely distributed from the West Mediterranean, throughout the Arabian peninsula towards Central Asia and the westernmost chains of the Himalayas. In the Subsaharan Africa N. squalida is replaced by its sister species N. afrotaeniata and N. politzari which are two evidently different species due to their female genitalia. The males are, however not distinguishable displaying in all three species the typical squalida -like genitalia configuration. Thus, it can be declared, that only the female specimens of the species group can satisfactorily be identified. The female specimens collected in the Maputo Special Reserve are identical in genitalia with the holotype of N. politzari described from Burkina Faso, thus the squalida -like species from South Mozambique is identified here as N. politzari , new country record for Mozambique representing the southernmost occurrence of the species known to date. Nevertheless it cannot be excluded, that N. afrotaeniata also occurs in South Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURES 1–16. Nola, Nolidia and Mecothrix spp.: adults (all in coll. ANHRT). 1, Nola socotrensis vansoni, ♂, Mozambique; 2, N. socotrensis vansoni, ♀, Mozambique; 3, N. melanoscelis, ♂, Mozambique; 4, N. melanoscelis, ♂, Mozambique; 5, N. biangulata submelanoscelis, ♂, Mozambique; 6, N. politzari, ♂, Mozambique; 7, N. politzari, ♀, Mozambique; 8, N. tineoides, ♂, Mozambique; 9, Nolidia transitoria, ♂, Mozambique; 10, N. transitoria, ♀, Mozambique; 11, Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana, ♂, Mozambique; 12, M. aegyptiaca cana, ♀, Mozambique; 13, M. mineti, ♂, Mozambique; 14, M. mineti, ♀, Mozambique; 15, M. maputuana László sp. n., holotype, ♂, Mozambique; 16, M. maputuana László sp. n., paratype, ♂, Mozambique.

FIGURES 44–52. Nola, Nolidia and Mecothrix spp.: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT). 44, Nola socotrensis vansoni, Mozambique, slide LGNA 327; 45, N. melanoscelis, Mozambique, slide LGNA 328; 46, N. biangulata submelanoscelis, Mozambique, slide LGNA 511; 47, N. politzari, Mozambique, slide LGNA 329; 48, N. tineoides, Mozambique, slide LGNA 375; 49, Nolidia transitoria, Mozambique, slide LGNA 444; 50, Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana, Mozambique, slide LGNA 322; 51, M. mineti, Mozambique, slide LGNA 298; 52, M. maputuana László sp. n., holotype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 302.

FIGURES 67–75. Nola, Nolidia, Mecothrix and Meganola spp.: female genitalia (coll. ANHRT). 67, Nola socotrensis vansoni, Mozambique, slide LGNA 323; 68, N. politzari, Mozambique, slide LGNA 510; 69, Nolidia transitoria, Mozambique, slide LGNA 443; 70, Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana, Mozambique, slide LGNA 308; 71, M. mineti, Mozambique, slide LGNA 299; 72, M. maputuana László sp. n., paratype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 307; 73, M. maputuana László sp. n., paratype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 310; 74, M. omphalota, Gambia, slide LGNA 212; 75, Meganola leucalea, Mozambique, slide LGNA 338.