Meganola xantholeuca Hacker, 2012

László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I., Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182 : 167

Meganola xantholeuca Hacker, 2012

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Meganola xantholeuca Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 498. Type locality: Ivory Coast, Danane. Holotype, ♂ (ZSM).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 2 ♀, 1171m, Mt. Tonkoui Peak , 07°27’15.2”N, 07°38’12.5”W, 1–8.XI.2015, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P. & Ruzzier, E. leg., ANHRT:2017.16, slide Nos: LGNA 86 ♀, LGNA 253 ♀. Liberia. 1 ♀, 883m, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts, Ridge Camp 2, 8°07’20.79”N, 9°56’50.75”W, 22– 31.xi.2018, Cold Cathode UV Light Trap (8W), Sáfián , Sz., Simonics, G. leg. ANHRT:2018.43, slide No. : LGNA 977 ( ANHRT).

Remark. M. xantholeuca was considered to be a sister species of M. cretacea ( Hampson, 1914) by Hacker et al. (2012). The taxonomy of M. cretacea has been clarified by László (2020) and the species has been transferred to the genus Ezishnola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 . The former presumption namely that M. xantholeuca is related to E. cretacea was due to a misidentification of the latter taxon by Hacker et al. (2012) ( László 2020).

Distribution. Ivory Coast and Nigeria ( Hacker et al. 2012). New record for Liberia.

Figures

FIGURES 21–40: adults (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 21, Meganola furvitincta, lectotype, ♂, Sierra Leone (NHMUK); 22, M. furvitincta, ♂, Liberia; 23, M. aarviki, ♂, Ivory Coast; 24, M. spherographa, ♂, Ivory Coast; 25, M. spherographa, ♀, Liberia; 26, M. taiana sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 27, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, ♂, Liberia; 28, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, ♀, Ivory Coast; 29, M. xantholeuca, ♀, Ivory Coast; 30, M. xantholeuca, ♀, Liberia; 31, M. rhyssomorpha, ♂, Ivory Coast; 32, M. rhyssomorpha, ♀, Ivory Coast; 33, M. chionea, holotype, ♂, Nigeria (NHMUK); 34, M. subchionea sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 35, M. cinereoparva sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 36, M. cinereoparva sp. n., paratype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 37, M. mesothermoides, holotype, ♀, Ghana (NHMUK); 38, M. mesothermoides, ♂, Liberia; 39, M. spermophaga, ♂, Liberia; 40, M. spermophaga, ♀, Sierra Leone.

FIGURES 96–103: female genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 96, Meganola fontainei, Zambia, LGNA 3; 97, M. xantholeuca, Liberia, LGNA 977; 98, M. rhyssomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 984; 99, M. mesothermoides, holotype, Ghana, NHMUK010315152 (prep. by Gy.M. László) (NHMUK); 100, M. spermophaga, Sierra Leone, LGNA 462; 101, M. pyrrhomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 145; 102, M. canocolorata, Ivory Coast, LGNA 981; 103, M. foviferoides, Zambia, LGNA 37.