Sena prompta ( Walker, 1855 )

Takano, Hitoshi & László, Gyula M., 2024, The Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) of Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique: a provisional checklist with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 5492 (2), pp. 231-259 : 238

Sena prompta ( Walker, 1855) *

( Figs 15–18 )

[1A]— 1♂; [1B]— 2♂♂; [1C]— 1♂; [2B]— 3♂♂ 1♀; [3A]— 16♂♂ 4♀♀; [3D]— 1♀; [3E]— 10♂♂ 5♀♀; [4A]— 11♂♂ 5♀♀; [4B]— 7♂♂ 3♀♀; [4E]— 2♂♂ 1♀; [4F]— 2♂♂; [4G]— 2♂♂ 1♀; [4H]— 3♂♂; [4I]— 2♂♂ 2♀♀; [4K]— 1♂; [4L]— 1♂.

Remarks. This widespread southern African species is phenotypically variable, with the ground colour ranging from roseate-brown to greyish-brown. Both extremities of the colour-range have been described, the testaceous form as Lasiocampa prompta Walker, 1855 (holotype male from “Caffraria” examined in NHMUK) and a short while later, the greyish form as Lasiocampa plusioides Walker, 1862 (syntype female from “Natal” examined in OUMNH). These two taxa were treated as synonymous by Aurivillius (1927) and Pinhey (1975) whilst Vári et al. (2002) and Krüger (2020) considered the latter as a subspecies of the former; it is however clear that these two taxa are conspecific and the synonymy is revived thus: Sena prompta ( Walker, 1855) = Lasiocampa plusioides Walker, 1862 syn. rev. (junior subjective synonymy).

Figures

FIGURES 13–24. Adults (all in coll. ANHRT and collected in MSR unless otherwise stated). 13. Sena donaldsoni marshalli, ♂. 14. Id., ♂. 15. S. prompta, ♂. 16. Id., ♂. 17. Id., ♀. 18. Id., ♀. 19. Ocinaropsis obscura, ♂. 20. Odontocheilopteryx myxa, ♂. 21. Id., ♀. 22. Diapalpus smithi sp. n., holotype ♂ (gen. slide No. LG 6267). 23. D. griseus, Zambia, Mwinilunga, ♂ (gen. slide No. LG 6356). 24. D. congregarius, Tanzania, Iringa, ♂ (NHMUK 010606818, gen. prep. by László) (NHMUK).