Sonitha myoctona Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Friend, Herman L., Prozorov, Alexey M., Yakovlev, Roman V., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Volkova, Julia S., Lamah, Simon Pierre, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2024, Four new species close to Sonitha libera and Sonitha myoctona from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 72, pp. 99-116 : 110

Sonitha myoctona Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

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New records: 5♂, DRC, Mai- Ndombe, Ekongo camp, 2.75613 S, 20.31538 E, 350 m, XI.2017, II.2018, leg. A. Prozorov, T. Prozorova et al., GS 1023, 1024, 1025, 1415 ( CGM / USTTB) ; ♂, Nigeria, Cross River State, Onya , 6.48827 N, 8.93146 E, 130 m, XI.1998 ( CGM / USTTB) .

Distribution ( Fig. 35 ). Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests in Nigeria and Cameroon, central and northeast Congolian lowland forests in DRC, and Albertine Rift montane forests in Uganda.

Biology. Adults were collected in II, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII from altitudes up to 914 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages remain unknown.

Figures

Figures 9–16. ♂ of Sonitha spp. collected (CGM/USTTB) and in nature from DRC, Ekongo. 9. S. adedapo sp. n. 10. S. bekombo sp. n. 11–13. S. myoctona, GS 1025, 1024. 14–16. S. olanrewaju sp. n. 14. HT, GS 1022. 15. PT, GS 0996. Scale bar for spread moths – 1 cm.

Figures 23–31. The 8th sternites and ♂ genitalia of Sonitha spp. 23–24. S. libera. 23. HT, “West Africa,” GS 460 (NHMUK). 24. DRC, Ekongo, GS 1413 (CGM/USTTB). 25. S. lapa, HT, Gabon, GS 2011-005 (MNHN). 26. S. adedapo sp. n., HT, DRC, Ekongo, GS 1414 (CGM/USTTB). 27. S. bekombo sp. n., HT, DRC, Ekongo, GS 1142 (CGM/USTTB). 28. S. ekongo sp. n., HT, DRC, Ekongo, GS 1141 (CGM/USTTB). 29. S. myctona, DRC, Ekongo, GS 1024 (CGM/USTTB). 30–31. S. olanrewaju sp. n., DRC, Ekongo (CGM/USTTB). 30. PT, GS 1021. 31. HT, GS 1021. Scale bar – 1 mm.

Figures 32–35. Maps with collecting sites for Sonitha spp.