Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910

Taberer, Tabitha R. & László, Gyula M., 2022, A contribution to the knowledge of the slug moths (Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve, Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 6-20 : 8

Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910 ( Figs 10–11 )

Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910 , Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 1910(2): 485 pl. 39, fig. 16. Type locality: [ Kenya] Br. E. Africa, between Machakos and Neugia. Syntypes, 13 males, 1 female (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 4 males, West Gate (Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 21–30.xi.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22 ; 1 male, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune Grassland), 15 m, 26°26′58.6″S, 32°55′29.8″E, 25–30.v.2017, Aristophanous, M., László, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg., ANHRT:2017.26.

Distribution: This species has been collected in Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This is the first record of the species from Mozambique.

Figures

Figures 1–13. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 1 – Caffricola vicina, female; 2 – ibidem, male; 3 – ibidem, male; 4 – G. velutina, female; 5 – ibidem, male; 6 – ibidem, male; 7 – ibidem, male; 8 – Halseyia biumbrata, male; 9 – ibidem, male; 10 – Macroplectra rufopallens, male; 11 – ibidem, male; 12 – Parapluda invitabilis, female; 13 – ibidem, male.