Gavara velutina Walker, 1857 (Figs 4–7, 50)

Gavara velutina Walker, 1857, List of Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 12: 771. Type locality: South Africa, Port Natal. Holotype, male (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 3 males, West Gate (Sand Forest, Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 9–17.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2, gen. slide No. LG 5703 (male) ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 24–25.ii.2018; 1 male, same site and collectors, 13–15.ii.2018; 1 female, same site, 21–30.xi.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22; 1 male, Futi Corridor (Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 17 m, 26°32′10.1″S, 32°43′09.7″E, 23–24.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2.

Distribution: Our research has found this species to occur in MSR, which is a new record for Mozambique. This species is also known from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.