Megalonycta adelphica ( Prout, 1927 ) Kiss, 2017

Kiss, Ádám, 2017, Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4355 (1), pp. 1-90 : 60-61

Megalonycta adelphica ( Prout, 1927) comb. n. ( Fig. 154 )

Craniophora adelphica Prout, 1927 , Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 75: 206. Type-locality: São Tomé & Principe, São Tomé. Syntypes: males, in coll. BMNH, lectotype here designated.

Material examined. Lectotype. Mаlе (dеsignаtеd hеrе, рrеsеrvеd in соll. BMNH) “25. 26. Sао Тhоmе, 24. i –25. ii. 26 . Т. А. Bаrns. ”; “ Craniophora adelphica ♂ type. A-E. Prout ” [handwritten]; “Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934-120.”; “Туре H.Т” [оn а rоund lаbеl with rеd bаnd]; “ BMNH (E) #1054327”.

Figures

FIGURES 153–160. Adults and male genitalia of Megalonycta spp. 153. M. mediovitta, holotype of waterloti, Madagascar (coll.and photo MNHN); 154. M. adelphica, holotype,São Tomé and Príncipe (coll.and photoBMNH);155. M. forsteri, male, holotype, Tanzania,Bukoba,slide No.:N1552 ♂ (coll.and photoZSM); 156. M. forsteri, female,Kenya,Mt.Kenya,slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB); 157. M. inversa, holotype, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 158. M. paragrapha, female, holotype, South Africa, Knysna (coll. and photo BMNH); 159. M. mediovitta, valva, vesica, Madagascar, slide No.: KA1519m (coll. ANHRT); 160. M. forsteri, valva, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA1416m (coll. GB); vesica, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA895m (coll.ZMUC).Not scaled.