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) Author László, Gyula M. Author Vetina, Alvaro A. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-03-26 4571 2 225 246 journal article 28000 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.3 d38f7cc0-2c64-4295-aef1-a29ca1050afd 1175-5326 2608276 7397F97C-8D29-47CB-BB41-0C2E84DBA344 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 .