Apisa (Parapisa) cinereocostata Holland , 1893

Przybyłowicz, Łukasz & Bąkowski, Marek, 2011, Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana, Zootaxa 3031, pp. 54-60 : 56

Apisa (Parapisa) cinereocostata Holland, 1893

Apisa cinereocostata Holland, 1893 . Psyche 6: 394.

Material examined. 3 Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve; 24–30.VIII.2006 (AMU).

Distribution. New for Ghana. Verified data confirm its occurrence in Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. It probably has a much wider distribution.

Remarks. Apisa cinereocostata is superficially very similar to A. (A.) canescens Walker, 1855 and therefore confused with it for a long time. Only recently the examination of the type specimens revealed strong differences in the morphology of the male genitalia. In A. cinereocostata , the apical part of the uncus is divided in 2 distinct, sharp processes whereas in A. (A.) canescens it is single and narrowed towards the tip. The second representative of the subgenus Parapisa, Apisa subargentea Joicey and Talbot, 1921 is rather distinct from A. cinereocostata both in habitus and in male genitalia ( Przybyłowicz 2009). It is slightly larger with its forewing uniformly shiny silver and apical processes of uncus widely separated. The female of A. cinereocostata remains unknown.