Meganola spermophaga (Fletcher, 1962)

(Figs 39–40, 80, 100)

Nola spermophaga Fletcher, 1962, Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 7: 5. Type locality: Uganda, Kampala. Holotype, ♂ (NHMUK).

= Meganola obscuritata Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 413, syn. n.

Material examined. Sierra Leone. 2 ♀, 80m, Kalainkay nr. Kamabai, Northern Prov., 3–6.XI.2015, N09°10’52”, W11°56’44” Light Trap, R. Goff coll., leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H., ANHRT:2018.20, slide Nos: LGNA 291, LGNA 462 (all ♀). Cameroon. 1 ♂, 1246m, Adamawa Region, Adamawa Plateau, 7.3km West of Bazanga, Chute de Tello, 07°13’50.6”N, 13°56’29.2”E, 24–30.ix.2018, MV Light Trap, Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2018.36, slide No.: LGNA 575 ♂. Liberia. 1 ♂, 530m, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area, 7°56’36”N, 10°16’36”W, 10– 19.xi.2017, MV Light Trap (125W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 547 ♂. Zambia. 1 ♀, 1030m, Kundabwika Falls, Kalungwishi River, S 09°13’00”, E29°18’17”, 5–7. V.2013, Light Trap, leg. Smith, Takano & Oram, ANHRT:2017.9, slide No.: LGNA 43 ♀ (ANHRT).

Remark. The male holotype of M. obscuritata Hacker, 2012 as illustrated by Hacker et al. (2012: 413) does not show any distinctive features in genitalia and external habitus compared to M. spermophaga and thus the former species is synonymised here with the latter. It is worth noting however, that the female specimens illustrated in Hacker et al. (2012) as M. obscuritata are apparently not conspecific with the male holotype, judging from their considerably different coloration and wing pattern.

Distribution. Uganda, D.R. Congo, Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast (Hacker et al. 2012). Specimens from Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Liberia and Zambia represent new country records.