Colocleora breijeri ( Prout, 1922 ) László & Hausmann & Karisch, 2023

László, Gyula M., Hausmann, Axel & Karisch, Timm, 2023, Integrative taxonomic revision of the African taxa of the Racotis Moore, 1887 generic complex (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini), Zootaxa 5308 (1), pp. 1-109 : 78

Colocleora breijeri ( Prout, 1922) comb. n.

( Figs 125–128 , 209 , 288 )

Boarmia breijeri Prout, 1922 , in Prout & Prout, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (3): 171, pl. 1, fig. 14. Holotype male (TMP). Type locality: [ South Africa] Nelspruit.

Type material examined

Paratype, male, [with handwritten] “Tsvl. M. II” / “129” / [printed] “ Griffin M. Jan., 1915. H.G. Breijer ”, / [with handwritten] “ Boarmia breijeri ♁ Prout Paratype” / “ L.B. Prout Coll. B.M. 1939-643” / “ Geometridae genitalia slide No. 5002” / QR code label with unique id.: NHMUK 010598670 ( NHMUK) .

Additional material examined

Mozambique. 1 male, Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest , 22m, 26°30’14.2”S, 32°42’59.6”E, 3– 13.XII.2016 Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., gen. slide No.: LG 4319 ( ANHRT) .

Taxonomic note. The species was originally described in the genus Boarmia Treitschke , but later treated as belonging to Racotis by Scoble (1999). The examination of the male genitalia revealed the correct assignment of the species to Colocleora : Colocleora breijeri ( Prout, 1922) comb. n.

Figures

FIGURES 121–130. Adults, dorsal view. 121. Chorocotis ugandaria, HT of Boarmia ugandaria, ♁, Uganda (NHMUK); 122. Ibidem, ♁, Gabon (ANHRT); 123. Ibidem, ♁, Zambia (ANHRT); 124. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (NHMUK); 125. Colocleora breijeri, PT of Boarmia breijeri ♁, RSA (NHMUK); 126. Ibidem, ♁, RSA (RCDS); 127. Ibidem, ♁, Mozambique (ANHRT); 128. Ibidem, ♁, RSA (ANHRT); 129. Colocleora incauta, ♁, RSA (NHMUK); 130. Ibidem, ♁, Zimbabwe (RCHS).

FIGURES 191–210. Adults, ventral view (all in coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise stated). 191. Afroracotis milesi sp. n., HT, ♁, Gabon; 192. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Cameroon; 193. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Zambia; 194. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Gabon; 195. A. ochsei sp. n., HT, ♁, Gabon; 196. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Gabon; 197. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Gabon; 198. A. helicalis sp. n., HT, ♁, Gabon; 199. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Gabon; 200. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Gabon; 201. A. takanoi sp. n., HT, ♁, Sierra Leone; 202. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Guinea; 203. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Ivory Coast; 204. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Liberia; 205. A. staudei sp. n., HT, ♁, Kenya (RCHS); 206. Racotis boarmiaria, LT, ♁, India (NHMUK); 207. Chorocotis ugandaria, HT of Boarmia ugandaria, ♁, Uganda (NHMUK); 208. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (NHMUK); 209. Colocleora breijeri, ♁, RSA (RCDS); 210. C. incauta, ♁, RSA (NHMUK).

FIGURES 285–289. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 285. Chorocotis ugandaria, Rwanda, slide No. LG 4791 (ZSM); 286. Ibidem, Gabon, slide No. LG 5214 (ANHRT); 287. Ibidem, Zambia, slide No. LG 5450 (ANHRT); 288. Colocleora breijeri, Mozambique, slide No. LG 4319 (ANHRT); 289. C. incauta, RSA, slide No. NHMUK Geom. 4998 (NHMUK).