Hampsonola aulombardiella ( Hacker, 2012 ) László, 2022

László, Gyula M., 2022, Taxonomic studies on Afrotropical Nolinae: review of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Hampsonola László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2015, descriptions of five new genera and five new species and introduction of a new synonymy (Lepidoptera, Nolidae), Zootaxa 5169 (2), pp. 147-164 : 149-150

Hampsonola aulombardiella ( Hacker, 2012) comb. n.

( Figs 4–5 , 23 , 33 )

Nola aulombardiella Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17:135. Type locality: Yemen, Prov. Sana’a, Naqil Manakha. Holotype, female (Hacker/ZSM).

Material examined. Kenya. 1 male, Central Province , Thika District, 8 km SW Thika, Karamaini Estate, 1550m, S:01°02’746”, E:36°59’472”, 19.x.2010, A.J. Kingston, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1298 ; 1 female, same site, 19.vii.2011, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1299 (coll. A.J. Kingston, Albrighton, UK).

Taxonomic note. The remarkably distinctive species was described from a single female holotype in the genus Nola . Subsequently, Hacker (2014) figured two male specimens from Yemen without illustrating the male genitalia. The examination of the genital apparatuses of a male and a female specimen recently collected in Kenya sharing an identical habitus with those illustrated in Hacker et al. (2012) and Hacker (2014) has revealed close affinities with the genus Hampsonola , although displaying unique characters such as the two apical processes of the valva and the large lobe-like harpe. To clarify whether or not these characters represent generic autapomorphies, genetic studies involving a wide range of Oriental and Afrotropical Hampsonola taxa would be required, which was beyond the scope of this paper. The species is, therefore, tentatively treated here as a member of the genus Hampsonola : Hampsonola aulombardiella ( Hacker, 2012) comb. n.

Description of the male adult and genitalia. Adult ( Figs 4–5 ). Forewing length 6–7.3 mm. Head small, antenna bipectinate with very short, finely ciliate rami in male, filiform in female; labial palp short and relatively narrow, porrect, dark brown; frons and vertex brownish-grey. Thorax dark brown in cranial third, creamy-white in caudal two-thirds, collar dark brown, tegula dark brown cranially, creamy-white caudally. Abdomen creamy-white. Wing narrow, distal third of costal margin evenly arcuate, apex rounded. Costal third dark brown, subapically with pale, diffuse, creamy patches, ventro-basal two-thirds creamy-white, tornus and subterminal area light rusty brown; transverse lines absent. Cilia long, dark greyish-brown. Hindwing off-white, costal and apical area somewhat greyish; cilia long, pale grey. Underside of wings dark greyish-brown, ventro-basal area pale grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 23 ). Uncus very short, broad, evenly tapered with rounded margins, apex truncate. Tegumen moderately long and broad, margins gently arched. Subscaphium short, narrow, weakly sclerotized. Valva moderately broad, more or less quadrangular with straight dorsal and slightly undulate ventral margin, distally with long, narrow, membranous, slightly setose dorsal and ventral process. Dorsal membranous part of valva with a long, arched crest serving as a base of short androconial scales. Sacculus elongate-quadrangular. Harpe situated distally, proximal section narrow, ridge-like, connected to base of costa, distal section dilated, triangular, with finely dentate ventral margin, curved ventrad, apically pointed. Transtilla very broad, ribbon-like, arms medially fused and dilated. Juxta large, gently curved V-shaped; vinculum short, apically rounded V-shaped. Aedeagus short, relatively thick medially, gradually tapered distally, coecum very narrow, apically slightly dilated and truncate; vesica with a narrow, elongate scobinated area.

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. adults (coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 1, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, ♀, Mozambique; 2, Ibidem, ♀, Zambia; 3, Ibidem, ♂, Zambia; 4, H. aulombardiella, ♂, Kenya (coll. A. Kingston); 5, Ibidem, ♀, Kenya (coll. A. Kingston); 6, H. argyropasta, holotype of Celama argyropasta, ♀, [Ghana] Gold Coast (©NHMUK); 7, Ibidem, ♂, Liberia; 8, Ibidem, ♀, Liberia; 9, H. nanographa, ♂, Gabon; 10, Ibidem, ♀, Gabon; 11, H. transecta, syntype of Nola transecta, ♂, Sierra Leone (©NHMUK); 12, Ibidem, syntype of Nola transecta, ♂, Sierra Leone (©NHMUK); 13, Gabonola gen. n. smithi sp. n., holotype, ♂, Gabon; 14, Bellanola gen. n. mikongo sp. n., holotype, ♂, Gabon; 15, Ibidem, paratype, ♂, Gabon.

FIGURES 22–27. male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus (coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 22, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, Zambia, LGNA 1062; 23, H. aulombardiella, Kenya, LGNA 1298 (coll. A. Kingston); 24, H. argyropasta, Liberia, LGNA 1229; 25, H. nanographa, Gabon, LGNA 1227; 26, H. transecta, syntype of Nola transecta, Sierra Leone, NHMUK 010317594 (prepared by László) (©NHMUK); 27, Gabonola gen. n. smithi sp. n., holotype, Gabon, LGNA 1171.

FIGURES 32–37. female genitalia (coll. ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated). 32, Hampsonola elachistomorpha, Zambia, LGNA 1063; 33, H. aulombardiella, Kenya, LGNA 1299 (coll. A. Kingston); 34, H. argyropasta, holotype of Celama argyropasta, [Ghana] Gold Coast, NHMUK 010317591 (prepared by László) (©NHMUK); 35, Ibidem, Liberia, LGNA 599; 36, H. nanographa, Gabon, LGNA 1228; 37, Cryptonola gen. n. confundata sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 602.