Afroracotis (Afroracotis) squalida squalida ( Butler, 1878 ) László & Hausmann & Karisch, 2023

László, Gyula M., Hausmann, Axel & Karisch, Timm, 2023, Integrative taxonomic revision of the African taxa of the Racotis Moore, 1887 generic complex (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini), Zootaxa 5308 (1), pp. 1-109 : 14

Afroracotis (Afroracotis) squalida squalida ( Butler, 1878) comb. n.

( Figs 2–10 , 131–132 , 212–215 , 290–291 )

Ophthalmodes squalida Butler, 1878 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 2: 465. Holotype, female (NHMUK). Type locality: Old Calabar [ Nigeria].

Racotis sinuosa Warren, 1894 , Novitates Zoologicae 1: 433. Syntypes, 1 male, 1 female (NHMUK). Type locality: North India [incorrect locality].

Boarmia (Racotis) boarmiaria Guen. var. sinuosa Warr. f. africana Aurivillius, 1925 , Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. 1(18): 1334. Holotype (SNHM). Type locality: [ Democratic Republic of the Congo] Belgischer Kongo, Kimuenza.

Boarmia uhligi Strand, 1909 , Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 3 (23): 129. Holotype, female (MfN). Type locality: [ Tanzania] German East Africa, southern and middle Pare. Syn. n.

Type material examined

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FIGURES 1–20. Adults, dorsal view. 1. Racotis boarmiaria, LT, ♁, India (NHMUK); 2. Afroracotis squalida squalida, HT of Ophthalmodes squalida, ♀, Nigeria (NHMUK); 3. Ibidem, HT of Boarmia uhligi, ♀, Tanzania (MfN); 4. Ibidem, ♁, Cameroon (ANHRT); 5. Ibidem, ♁, Zambia (ANHRT); 6. Ibidem, ♁, Togo (ANHRT); 7. Ibidem, ♁, Gabon (ANHRT); 8. Ibidem, ♁, Ethiopia (RCDS); 9. Ibidem, ♀, Ethiopia (RCDS); 10. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ANHRT); 11. A. s. voeltzkowii, LT of Boarmia voeltzkowii, ♁, Madagascar (MfN); 12. Ibidem, ♁, Comoros (ZSM); 13. Ibidem, ♁, Madagascar (NHMUK); 14. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (NHMUK); 15. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., HT, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 16. Ibidem, PT, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT); 17. Ibidem, ♀, PT, São Tomé (NHMUK); 18. A. incompletaria incompletaria, ♀, Réunion (ZSM); 19. A. i. atrilunaria, HT of Boarmia atrilunaria, ♀, Mauritius (NHMUK); 20. Ibidem, ♀, Mauritius (ANHRT).

FIGURES 131–150. Adults, ventral view. 131. Afroracotis squalida squalida, ♁, Cameroon (ANHRT); 132. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ANHRT); 133. A. s. voeltzkowii, ♁, Comoros (ZSM); 134. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (NHMUK); 135. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., HT, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 136. Ibidem, PT, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT); 137. A. incompletaria incompletaria, ♀, Réunion (ZSM); 138. A. i. atrilunaria, HT of Boarmia atrilunaria, ♀, Mauritius (NHMUK); 139. A. aliena sp. n., HT, ♀, Tanzania (ANHRT); 140. A. angulosa, HT of Racotis angulosa, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 141. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ZSM); 142. A. canui, HT of Racotis canui, ♁, São Tomé (ZSM); 143. Ibidem, ♁, Princípe (ZSM); 144. A. stadiei sp. n., PT, ♀, Tanzania (ZSM); 145. A. violetteae sp. n., HT, ♁, Guinea (ANHRT); 146. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Liberia (ANHRT); 147. A. fiebigi sp. n., HT, ♁, Liberia (ANHRT); 148. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Ethiopia (RCDS); 149. A. albitrigonis, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 150. Ibidem, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT).

FIGURES 211–216. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 211. Racotis boarmiaria, Nepal, slide No. LG 3677 (RCGL); 212. Afroracotis squalida squalida, Togo, slide No. LG 5434 (ANHRT); 213. Ibidem, Uganda, slide No. DS 229-2019 (RCDS); 214. Ibidem, Zambia, slide No. LG 4959 (ANHRT); 215. Ibidem, Ethiopia, slide No. DS 226-2019 (RCDS); 216. A. s. voeltzkowii, Madagascar, slide No. LG 4100 (NHMUK).

FIGURES 290–297. Female genitalia. 290. Afroracotis squalida squalida, Cameroon, slide No.: LG 4088 (NHMUK); 291. Ibidem, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 4068 (ANHRT); 292. A. s. voeltzkowii, Madagascar, slide No.: LG 4101 (NHMUK); 293. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., PT, São Tomé, slide No.: LG 5447 (ANHRT); 294. Ibidem, PT, São Tomé, slide No.: NHMUK 010316166 (NHMUK); 295. A. incompletaria incompletaria, Réunion, slide No.: LG 5048 (ZSM); 296. A. i. atrilunaria, Mauritius, slide No.: LG 4105 (NHMUK); 297. A. aliena sp. n., HT, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 4084 (ANHRT).