Trichopisthia igneotincta ( Aurivillius, 1909 )

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 : 243

Trichopisthia igneotincta ( Aurivillius, 1909)

( Figs 65–69 )

[4A]— 31♂♂ 4♀♀; [4B]— 3♂♂; [4E]— 5♂♂ 1♀; [4F]— 4♂♂; [4G]— 1♂; [4H]— 4♂♂; [4I]— 1♂; [4K]— 1♂.

Remarks. Three barcoded specimens from MSR with varying colouration and pattern were recovered in the same BIN (BOLD:AAJ8392) supporting the viewpoint of both Aurivillius (1927) and Pinhey (1975) that T. igneotincta is a single variable species. It is worth noting that specimens from southern Africa (southern Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa) are generally smaller than those from northern Zambia and Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURES 60–69. Adults (all in coll. ANHRT and collected in MSR). 60. Mallocampa leighi, ♂. 61. Id., ♂. 62. Id., ♂. 63. Id., ♀. 64. Trichopisthia monteiroi, ♂. 65. T. igneotincta, ♂. 66. Id., ♂. 67. Id., ♂. 68. Id., ♀. 69. Id., ♀.