Hampsonola elachistomorpha ( Hacker, 2012 )

László, Gyula M., 2022, Taxonomic studies on Afrotropical Nolinae: review of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Hampsonola László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2015, descriptions of five new genera and five new species and introduction of a new synonymy (Lepidoptera, Nolidae), Zootaxa 5169 (2), pp. 147-164 : 149

Hampsonola elachistomorpha ( Hacker, 2012)

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Nolidia elachistomorpha Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 211. Type locality: Tanzania, Iringa, Udzungwa. Holotype, male (Hacker/ ZSM).

Nolidia nanoxantha Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 205. Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga, Usambara Mts. Holotype, female (Hacker/ ZSM).

Nolidia polionana Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 206. Type locality: Tanzania, Iringa, Udzungwa. Holotype, male (Hacker/ ZSM).

Material examined. Mozambique. 1 male, Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest , 22m, 26°30’14.2”S, 32°42’59.6”E, 30.v.–9.vi.2017, Actinic Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., László, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. , ANHRT:2017.26, gen. slide No. : LGNA 374, BOLD process/DNA barcode id.: ANLMN2794-21/ ANHRTUK00013214 ; 2 males, 1 female, same site, 21–22.ii.2018, Actinic Light Trap, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg; 1 female, same site, method and collectors, 13–15.ii.2018; 3 males, 1 female, Maputo Special Reserve, Futi Corridor ( Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 17m, 26°32’10.1”S, 32°43’09.7”E, 23–24.ii.2018, Actinic Light Trap, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. , gen. slide Nos : LGNA 440 (male), LGNA 441 (female), BOLD process/ DNA barcode ids: ANLMN2795/ANHRTUK00019572, ANLMN2796-21/ANHRTUK00019566 ( ANHRT) .

Zambia. 1 male, Kalungu, North of Isoka , 1280m, S9°40’52”, E32°42’50”, 30.iv.–1.v.2019, Actinic Light Trap, Dérozier, V., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2019.12, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1062, BOLD process/DNA barcode id.:ANLMN2797-21/ANHRTUK00136186 ; 1 female, Kalambo Falls , 30 km N of Mbala, Northern Province, 1189m, 08°35’50”S, 31°14’26”E, 9–11.v.2019,Actinic Light Trap, Dérozier, V., László, G., Miles, W. leg.,ANHRT:2019.12, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1063, BOLD process/DNA barcode id.: ANLMN2798-21/ANHRTUK00083347 ( ANHRT) .

Genetic information. Hampsonola elachistomorpha has been assigned the BIN URI: BOLD:AEJ8170. The intraspecific divergence ranges between 0.00–0.31%. According to BOLD, the nearest neighbour of the species is a probably undescribed species collected in coastal Kenya misidentified as Nola minima (BIN URI: BOLD: ABW4977). The genetic pairwise distances between H. elachistomorpha and its congeners H. argyropasta and H. nanographa are rather large, in the range of 7.4–8.07% and 8.08–8.41%, respectively, which may refer to a genuslevel separation between H. elachistomorpha and the H. argyropasta-nanographa species-pair. Nevertheless, as no autapomorphies in the genital morphology could be observed, the three species are treated here as congeneric.

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. adults (coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 1, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, ♀, Mozambique; 2, Ibidem, ♀, Zambia; 3, Ibidem, ♂, Zambia; 4, H. aulombardiella, ♂, Kenya (coll. A. Kingston); 5, Ibidem, ♀, Kenya (coll. A. Kingston); 6, H. argyropasta, holotype of Celama argyropasta, ♀, [Ghana] Gold Coast (©NHMUK); 7, Ibidem, ♂, Liberia; 8, Ibidem, ♀, Liberia; 9, H. nanographa, ♂, Gabon; 10, Ibidem, ♀, Gabon; 11, H. transecta, syntype of Nola transecta, ♂, Sierra Leone (©NHMUK); 12, Ibidem, syntype of Nola transecta, ♂, Sierra Leone (©NHMUK); 13, Gabonola gen. n. smithi sp. n., holotype, ♂, Gabon; 14, Bellanola gen. n. mikongo sp. n., holotype, ♂, Gabon; 15, Ibidem, paratype, ♂, Gabon.

FIGURES 22–27. male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus (coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 22, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, Zambia, LGNA 1062; 23, H. aulombardiella, Kenya, LGNA 1298 (coll. A. Kingston); 24, H. argyropasta, Liberia, LGNA 1229; 25, H. nanographa, Gabon, LGNA 1227; 26, H. transecta, syntype of Nola transecta, Sierra Leone, NHMUK 010317594 (prepared by László) (©NHMUK); 27, Gabonola gen. n. smithi sp. n., holotype, Gabon, LGNA 1171.

FIGURES 32–37. female genitalia (coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 32, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, Zambia, LGNA 1063; 33, H. aulombardiella, Kenya, LGNA 1299 (coll. A. Kingston); 34, H. argyropasta, holotype of Celama argyropasta, [Ghana] Gold Coast, NHMUK 010317591 (prepared by László) (©NHMUK); 35, Ibidem, Liberia, LGNA 599; 36, H. nanographa, Gabon, LGNA 1228; 37, Cryptonola gen. n. confundata sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 602.