Bombycopsis (Bufoidia) nigrovittata Aurivillius, 1927

Takano, Hitoshi & László, Gyula M., 2024, The Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) of Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique: a provisional checklist with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 5492 (2), pp. 231-259 : 235

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( Figs 49–53 View FIGURES 49–59 )

[3B]— 1♂; [3C]— 1♂; [3D]— 1♂; [4A]— 3♂♂; [4B]— 1♀; [4C]— 6♂♂; [4D]— 17♂♂; [4G]— 1♂; [4H]— 4♂♂; [4I]— 5♂♂.

Remarks. In Joannou & Krüger’s (2009) revision of Bombycopsis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874 , B. (Bufoidia) pallida Joannou & Krüger, 2009 , a sympatric new species allied to B. nigrovittata , was described based mainly on phenotypic differences despite noting the latter was very variable in colouration. Prozorov et al. (2023) found barcodes of both phenotypes to be almost identical (maximum PWD of 0.3%) and yet they maintained that “stable morphological differences” were not supported by the genetics in spite of the aforementioned variability of B. nigrovittata and the identical genitalia. Numerous specimens in ANHRT of B. nigrovittata (including insects with the pallida phenotype) from throughout its range ( South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia) were recently barcoded and it is apparent that B. pallida is merely a pale form of B. nigrovittata and the former is synonymised with the latter, thus: Bombycopsis (Bufoidia) nigrovittata Aurivillius, 1927 = B. (Bufoidia) pallida Joannou & Krüger, 2009 syn. n. (junior subjective synonymy).

References

Aurivillius, C. (1927) Lasiocampidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwarmer. Verlag des Seitzschen Werkes, Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. 205 - 281.

Felder, C. & Felder, R. (1874) Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. aus der kaiserlich-koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, 20 pp., 140 pls.

Joannou, J. G. & Kruger, M. (2009) Revision of the genus Bombycopsis C. & R. Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Lasiocampini). Transvaal Museum Monograph, 14, 1 - 192.

Prozorov, A. M., Prozorova, T. A., Spitsyn, V. M., Spitsyna, E. A., Kondakov, A. V., Soboleva, A. A., Volkova, J. S., Yakovlev, R. V., Saldaitis, A., Sulak, H. E., Revay, E. E. & Muller, G. C. (2023) New records of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera) from Zanzibar Island with taxonomic notes and description of one new species of Odontopacha Aurivillius, 1909. Zootaxa, 5311 (3), 417 - 445. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5311.3.6

Figures

FIGURES 49–59. Adults (all in coll. ANHRT and collected in MSR). 49. Bombycopsis nigrovittata, ♂. 50. Id., ♀. 51. Id., ♂. 52. Id., ♂. 53. Id., ♂. 54. B. bipars, ♂. 55. Hypotrabala argenteoguttata, ♂. 56. Grammodora nigrolineata, ♂. 57. Id., ♀. 58. Catalebeda cuneilinea, ♂. 59. Id., ♂.