Ilemodes interjecta ( Strand, 1912 ) Volynkin, 2024

Volynkin, Anton V., 2024, On the taxonomy of the Oriental genus Paraona Moore with descriptions of a new genus, a new species, and introduction of new synonymies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 408-420 : 419-420

Ilemodes interjecta ( Strand, 1912) , comb. n.

Paraona interjecta Strand, 1912 ; Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 78 A (7): 188 (Type locality: [ South Africa] “ Verulam in Natal ”).

Note. The type material of this species is not yet examined but according to the detailed original description ( Strand 1912) and the type locality, the species clearly belongs to the genus Ilemodes Hampson, 1900 ( Erebidae : Arctiinae : Arctiini).

Acknowledgements

The author expresses his sincere thanks to the following for their kind assistance during visits to collections under their care: Axel Hausmann, Ulf Buchsbaum and Wolfgang Speidel ( ZSM); Karel Černý (Innsbruck, Austria); Alberto Zilli and Geoff Martin ( NHMUK); and Marianne Espeland ( ZFMK).

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