Hypotrabala fontainei Tams, 1953

Takano, Hitoshi & László, Gyula M., 2024, Descriptions of new Hypotrabala Holland, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Selenepherini) in the collections of the African Natural History Research Trust, with notes on allied genera and the description of a new genus, Ecologica Montenegrina 72, pp. 19-63 : 24

Hypotrabala fontainei Tams, 1953 stat. n.

Hypotrabala fontainei Tams, 1953 , Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 3 (2): 75.

Type locality: D.R. Congo, Lusambo

Based on the vastly different eighth sternite of the male as figured in the original description ( Tams 1953: Figs 7, 8 and 10 ), H. fontainei (stat. n.) is raised to species status.

Figures

Figures 5–13. Hypotrabala species: 5. H. guttata (Aurivillius, 1915), ♂, Ivory Coast, Tai NP [ANHRTUK 00024479]. 6. Id., holotype ♂ of Pachymeta guttata Aurivillius, 1915 [NHMUK 010292296]. 7. H. magnimacula sp. n., holotype ♂. 8. Id., paratype ♂. 9. H. aurantiaca sp. n., holotype ♂. 10. Id., paratype ♂. 11. H. retorta sp. n., holotype ♂. 12. Id., paratype ♂. 13. Id., paratype ♀.