Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928 )

Taberer, Tabitha R. & László, Gyula M., 2022, A contribution to the knowledge of the slug moths (Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve, Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 6-20 : 9

Neomocena convergens ( Hering, 1928) ( Figs 30–32 )

Omocena convergens Hering, 1928 , in: Seitz, A. (Ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, 14: 467, pl. 75, fig. b. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, White River . Syntypes, 1 male, 1 female (MFN).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 15 males, West Gate (Sand Forest, Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 13–15.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 21–22.ii.2018 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 9–17.ii.2018 ; 1 male, same site and collectors ; 4 males, same site, 3–13.xii.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 21–30.xi.2016 ; 4 males, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune Grassland), 15 m, 26°26′58.6″S, 32°55′29.8″E, 17–21.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 1 male, same site, 30.xi– 3.xii.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg. ANHRT: 2017.22 ; 1 male, same site, 25– 30.v.2017, Aristophanous, M., László, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. ANHRT: 2017.26 ; 3 males, Futi Corridor (Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 17 m, 26°32′10.1″S, 32°43′09.7″E, 23–24.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2.

Distribution: This species has been collected in Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figures 26–37. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 26 – Zinara cymatoides, female; 27 – ibidem, male; 28 – Micraphe lateritia, male; 29 – ibidem, male; 30 – Neomocena convergens, male; 31 – ibidem, male; 32 – ibidem, male; 33 – Trogocrada deleter, male; 34 – ibidem, male; 35 – Niphadolepis auricincta, male; 36 – ibidem, male; 37 – Unidentified Limacodinae sp., male.