Meganola mesothermoides ( Poole, 1989 )

László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I., Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182 : 171

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.1

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Meganola mesothermoides ( Poole, 1989 )
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Meganola mesothermoides ( Poole, 1989)

( Figs 37–38 View FIGURES 21–40 , 79 View FIGURES 75–83 , 99 View FIGURES 96–103 )

Nola mesothermoides Poole, 1989 , Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118, Noctuidae, part II: 698. Type locality: [ Ghana] Gold Coast, Bibianaha. Holotype, ♀ (NHMUK).

Nola mesotherma Hampson, 1914 View in CoL , Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae View in CoL in the British Museum, Supplement 1: 409. Nom. praeocc., junior secondary homonym of Celama mesotherma Hampson, 1909 .

Type material examined. Holotype. ♀, red ring type label, “ Gold Coast. Bibianaha. 700 ft. VI.1912. H.G.F. Spurrell. 1912-275.”, with handwritten: “ Nola mesotherma type ♀. Hmpsn.”, BMNH (E) 1403523, Slide No.: NHMUK010315152 About NHMUK (prep. by Gy.M. László) ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. Liberia. 1 ♂, 865m, Lofa County, 8°07’10”N, 9°57’11”W, 24–29.xi.2017, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 502 ( ANHRT). GoogleMaps

Remark. The copulatory organ of the female holotype is illustrated here for the first time ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 96–103 ) matching with the female genitalia illustrated in Hacker et al. (2012: 460). A male specimen from Liberia in the ANHRT collection reminiscent of the female holotype is considered here to be the previously unknown male of the species ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 75–83 ).

Distribution. Ghana, Ivory Coast and D.R. Congo ( Hacker et al. 2012, Hacker 2014). New country record for Liberia.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nolidae

Genus

Meganola

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Meganola mesothermoides ( Poole, 1989 )

László, Gyula M. 2020
2020
Loc

Nola mesotherma

Hampson 1914
1914
Loc

Celama mesotherma

Hampson 1909
1909
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