Megalonycta mediovitta ( Rothschild, 1924 )

Kiss, Ádám, 2017, Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4355 (1), pp. 1-90 : 60

Megalonycta mediovitta ( Rothschild, 1924)

( Figs 153, 159 , 162 )

Acronycta mediovitta Rothschild, 1924 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14 (9): 312. Type-locality: Madagascar, Diego Suarez. Lectotype: male, in coll. BMNH, designated by Viette (1965b).

Synonymy

Thalatha waterloti Boursin, 1928 , Encyclopèdie entomologique. Series B. Memoires et notes. III. Lepidoptera . Recueil d’tudes biologiques et systmatiques sur les lépidoptres du Globe 3 (2): 57, pl. 4: fig. 6. Type-locality: Madagascar Central, Tananarive-Résidence.

Figures

FIGURES 153–160. Adults and male genitalia of Megalonycta spp. 153. M. mediovitta, holotype of waterloti, Madagascar (coll.and photo MNHN); 154. M. adelphica, holotype,São Tomé and Príncipe (coll.and photoBMNH);155. M. forsteri, male, holotype, Tanzania,Bukoba,slide No.:N1552 ♂ (coll.and photoZSM); 156. M. forsteri, female,Kenya,Mt.Kenya,slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB); 157. M. inversa, holotype, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 158. M. paragrapha, female, holotype, South Africa, Knysna (coll. and photo BMNH); 159. M. mediovitta, valva, vesica, Madagascar, slide No.: KA1519m (coll. ANHRT); 160. M. forsteri, valva, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA1416m (coll. GB); vesica, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA895m (coll.ZMUC).Not scaled.

FIGURES 161–166. Male and female genitalia, male 7 th, 8 th and female 7 th abdominal segments of Megalonycta spp. 161. M. inversa, holotype, valva, vesica, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 162. M. mediovitta, Madagascar, slide No.: KA1519m (coll. ANHRT); 163. M. forsteri, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA1416m (coll. GB); 164. M. inversa, holotype, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 165. M. forsteri, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB); 166. M. forsteri, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB). Male abdominal segments: left side sternite, right side tergite. Female abdominal segments:left side tergite, right side sternite.Not scaled.