Meganola spermophaga ( Fletcher, 1962 )

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 : 172

Meganola spermophaga ( Fletcher, 1962)

( Figs 39–40 , 80 , 100 )

Nola spermophaga Fletcher, 1962 , Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 7: 5. Type locality: Uganda, Kampala. Holotype, ♂ (NHMUK).

= Meganola obscuritata Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 413, syn. n.

Material examined. Sierra Leone. 2 ♀, 80m, Kalainkay nr. Kamabai, Northern Prov. , 3–6.XI.2015, N09°10’52”, W11°56’44” Light Trap, R. Goff coll., leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H., ANHRT:2018.20, slide Nos: LGNA 291 , LGNA 462 (all ♀). Cameroon. 1 ♂, 1246m, Adamawa Region, Adamawa Plateau, 7.3km West of Bazanga, Chute de Tello , 07°13’50.6”N, 13°56’29.2”E, 24–30.ix.2018, MV Light Trap, Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2018.36, slide No.: LGNA 575 ♂. Liberia. 1 ♂, 530m, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area , 7°56’36”N, 10°16’36”W, 10– 19.xi.2017, MV Light Trap (125W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 547 ♂. Zambia. 1 ♀, 1030m, Kundabwika Falls , Kalungwishi River, S 09°13’00”, E29°18’17”, 5–7. V.2013, Light Trap, leg. Smith, Takano & Oram, ANHRT:2017.9, slide No.: LGNA 43 ♀ ( ANHRT).

Remark. The male holotype of M. obscuritata Hacker, 2012 as illustrated by Hacker et al. (2012: 413) does not show any distinctive features in genitalia and external habitus compared to M. spermophaga and thus the former species is synonymised here with the latter. It is worth noting however, that the female specimens illustrated in Hacker et al. (2012) as M. obscuritata are apparently not conspecific with the male holotype, judging from their considerably different coloration and wing pattern.

Distribution. Uganda, D.R. Congo, Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast ( Hacker et al. 2012). Specimens from Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Liberia and Zambia represent new country records.

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 75–83: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 75, Meganola chionea, holotype, Nigeria, BM Arct. 6467 (prep. by Gy. M. László) (NHMUK); 76, M. subchionea sp. n., holotype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 139; 77, M. cinereoparva sp. n., holotype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 397; 78, M. cinereoparva sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 137; 79, M. mesothermoides, Liberia, LGNA 502; 80, M. spermophaga, Liberia, LGNA 547; 81, M. pyrrhomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 565; 82, M. foviferoides, Togo, LGNA 597; 83, M. foviferoides, Zambia, LGNA 17.

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.