Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963

Hévin, Noémie M. C., Kergoat, Gael J., Zilli, Alberto, Capdevielle-Dulac, Claire, Musyoka, Boaz K., Sezonlin, Michel, Conlong, Desmond, Van Den Berg, Johnnie, Ndemah, Rose, Le Gall, Philippe, Cugala, Domingos, Nyamukondiwa, Casper, Pallangyo, Beatrice, Njaku, Mohamedi, Goftishu, Muluken, Assefa, Yoseph, Kandonda, Onésime Mubenga, Bani, Grégoire, Molo, Richard, Chipabika, Gilson, Ong’amo, George, Clamens, Anne-Laure, Barbut, Jérôme & Le Ru, Bruno, 2024, Revisiting the taxonomy and molecular systematics of Sesamia stemborers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): updated classification and comparative evaluation of species delimitation methods, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 82, pp. 447-501 : 447-501

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scientific name	Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963
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Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963 View in CoL

Figures 2 S – U View Figure 2 ; 3 F, M View Figure 3 ; 6 View Figure 6

Sesamia monodi View in CoL – Rungs (1963: 69, figs 2, 3), Poole (1989: 908 [catalogue]).

Type material.

Type ♂, [ SENEGAL], Dakar , IFAN 1952 , 31. VII. 1952, A. Villiers, preparation N ° IFAN 2 CH . Rungs P. ( MNHN) .

Diagnosis.

(See also the identification key of calamistis species subgroup, section 3.3. 2.). This species can be distinguished from the other known members of the calamistis subgroup by the combination of the following characters of the male genitalia: vinculum u-shaped at the outer margin, w-shaped at the inner margin with an indentation, with a large saccus; apical extension of the sacculus very short compared to the cucullus; juxta pointed inferiorly, the sides rounded, the superior plate bifid; vesica with a semi-circular large cornutus.

Description.

(Fig. 3 S – U View Figure 3 ). The species has been accurately described in great detail by Rungs (1963). — Forewing length: male 24.0 mm (N = 1). — Male genitalia (Fig. 3 F, M View Figure 3 ). Although already partly described by Rungs (1963), we provide here a complete description. Tegumen with large peniculi; vinculum u-shaped at the outer margin, w-shaped at the inner margin with an indentation, with a large saccus. Valve with sacculus and cucullus separate; costa short and narrow, heavily sclerotized, ending with a thick and long straight spine, with an apical tooth; sacculus heavily sclerotized rounded at base with a thick and short apical extension nipple-shaped, very short compared to the cucullus, adorned with some stout spines; cucullus long, weakly sclerotized, very clavate at apex, with scattered and papillated hairs; juxta pointed inferiorly, the sides rounded, the superior plate bifid; uncus angled and stout at base, narrowed in distal part, pointed at apex, tufted with long hairs on upper side; phallus shown in Fig. 2 M View Figure 2 poorly prepared, damaged; lamina ventralis not visible; vesica with a semi-circular large cornutus.

Distribution.

Senegal. Known from a single locality belonging to the ‘ lowland rain forest and secondary grassland’ (Mosaic # 11 a) vegetation mosaic ( White 1983) (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ) belonging to the Sudanian bioregion (sensu Linder et al. 2012).

Ecology.

Unknown.