Hypotrabala guttata (Aurivillius, 1915)

Takano, Hitoshi & László, Gyula M., 2024, Descriptions of new Hypotrabala Holland, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Selenepherini) in the collections of the African Natural History Research Trust, with notes on allied genera and the description of a new genus, Ecologica Montenegrina 72, pp. 19-63 : 24

Hypotrabala guttata (Aurivillius, 1915)

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Pachymeta guttata Aurivillius, 1915 , Arkiv för Zoologi, 9 (11): 5.

Type locality: Ghana, between the Coast and Kumasi

The holotype male in NHMUK has been dissected and the eighth sternite matches well with Tams’ figure (1953: Fig. 9 ) as well as specimens in ANHRT from Liberia and Ivory Coast. This taxon was treated as a subspecies of H. horridula by Joannou & Kühne (2008: Fig. 1185) for the determination of a quite different species of Hypotrabala (most probably H. exquisita sp. n. described herein).

Figures

Figures 5–13. Hypotrabala species: 5. H. guttata (Aurivillius, 1915), ♂, Ivory Coast, Tai NP [ANHRTUK 00024479]. 6. Id., holotype ♂ of Pachymeta guttata Aurivillius, 1915 [NHMUK 010292296]. 7. H. magnimacula sp. n., holotype ♂. 8. Id., paratype ♂. 9. H. aurantiaca sp. n., holotype ♂. 10. Id., paratype ♂. 11. H. retorta sp. n., holotype ♂. 12. Id., paratype ♂. 13. Id., paratype ♀.

Figures 60–65. Male genitalia of Hypotrabala species, a: clasping apparatus, b: lateral view of phallus, c: eighth sternite, d: dorsal view of phallus (a, b, c to scale, d magnified). 60. H. guttata (Aurivillius, 1915), Liberia [LG 6298]. 61. H. magnimacula sp. n., holotype [LG 6299]. 62. H. aurantiaca sp. n., holotype [LG 6301]. 63. H. retorta sp. n., holotype [LG 6303]. 64. H. castanea, Republic of Congo [LG 6317]. 65. H. smithi sp. n., holotype [LG 6315].