Hampsonola elachistomorpha (Hacker, 2012)

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Nolidia elachistomorpha Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 211. Type locality: Tanzania, Iringa, Udzungwa. Holotype, male (Hacker/ ZSM).

Nolidia nanoxantha Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 205. Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga, Usambara Mts. Holotype, female (Hacker/ ZSM).

Nolidia polionana Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 206. Type locality: Tanzania, Iringa, Udzungwa. Holotype, male (Hacker/ ZSM).

Material examined. Mozambique. 1 male, Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, 22m, 26°30’14.2”S, 32°42’59.6”E, 30.v.–9.vi.2017, Actinic Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., László, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. , ANHRT:2017.26, gen. slide No.: LGNA 374, BOLD process/DNA barcode id.: ANLMN2794-21/ ANHRTUK00013214 ; 2 males, 1 female, same site, 21–22.ii.2018, Actinic Light Trap, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg; 1 female, same site, method and collectors, 13–15.ii.2018; 3 males, 1 female, Maputo Special Reserve, Futi Corridor (Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 17m, 26°32’10.1”S, 32°43’09.7”E, 23–24.ii.2018, Actinic Light Trap, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. , gen. slide Nos: LGNA 440 (male), LGNA 441 (female), BOLD process/ DNA barcode ids: ANLMN2795/ANHRTUK00019572, ANLMN2796-21/ANHRTUK00019566 (ANHRT) .

Zambia. 1 male, Kalungu, North of Isoka, 1280m, S9°40’52”, E32°42’50”, 30.iv.–1.v.2019, Actinic Light Trap, Dérozier, V., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2019.12, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1062, BOLD process/DNA barcode id.:ANLMN2797-21/ANHRTUK00136186 ; 1 female, Kalambo Falls, 30 km N of Mbala, Northern Province, 1189m, 08°35’50”S, 31°14’26”E, 9–11.v.2019,Actinic Light Trap, Dérozier, V., László, G., Miles, W. leg.,ANHRT:2019.12, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1063, BOLD process/DNA barcode id.: ANLMN2798-21/ANHRTUK00083347 (ANHRT) .

Genetic information. Hampsonola elachistomorpha has been assigned the BIN URI: BOLD:AEJ8170. The intraspecific divergence ranges between 0.00–0.31%. According to BOLD, the nearest neighbour of the species is a probably undescribed species collected in coastal Kenya misidentified as Nola minima (BIN URI: BOLD: ABW4977). The genetic pairwise distances between H. elachistomorpha and its congeners H. argyropasta and H. nanographa are rather large, in the range of 7.4–8.07% and 8.08–8.41%, respectively, which may refer to a genuslevel separation between H. elachistomorpha and the H. argyropasta-nanographa species-pair. Nevertheless, as no autapomorphies in the genital morphology could be observed, the three species are treated here as congeneric.