Gracililema proleucodes ( Kiriakoff, 1958 )

Volynkin, Anton V., 2022, Taxonomic review of the Afrotropical genus Gracililema Krüger with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5115 (1), pp. 63-78 : 67

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6346043

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scientific name

Gracililema proleucodes ( Kiriakoff, 1958 )
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Gracililema proleucodes ( Kiriakoff, 1958) View in CoL

( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 26 View FIGURES 25–29 )

Eilema proleucodes Kiriakoff, 1958 , British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. Arctiidae (except Nolinae), Thyretidae and Notodontidae, 1 (2): 10 (Type locality: “ Uganda: Bundibugyo, 3440 ft ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 26 View FIGURES 25–29 ): female, “ Uganda: Ruwenzori Range. Bundibugyo. 3,440 ft. 22.viii–3.ix.1952. D.S.Fletcher. ” / “Ruwenzori Exped. B.M.1952-566.” / “ S. G. Kiriakoff det., 1954 Eilema proleucodes sp.n. ” / red ring “Type” label / “ Arctiidae genitalia slide No. 23” / “Neg. No. 14084” / QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK 010889648 About NHMUK ” ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 12.5 mm in the holotype female. Gracililema proleucodes ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ) is externally similar to G. proleuca ( Figs 1–3 View FIGURES 1–8 ) but has a somewhat wider forewing. In the female genitalia of G. proleucodes ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 25–29 ), the posterior diverticulum of the corpus bursae is markedly shorter and narrower than in G. proleuca ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 25–29 ), and the apophyses anteriores are longer (in proportion to the length of the ovipositor). Additionally, the ductus bursae is anteriorly dilated in G. proleucodes whereas it is tapered in G. proleuca .

Male is unknown.

Distribution. Known only from its type locality in the eastern foothills of the Ruwenzori Range in western Uganda ( Fig. 31 View FIGURE 31 ).

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Gracililema

Loc

Gracililema proleucodes ( Kiriakoff, 1958 )

Volynkin, Anton V. 2022
2022
Loc

Eilema proleucodes

Kiriakoff 1958
1958
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