Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910 (Figs 10–11)

Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910(2): 485 pl. 39, fig. 16. Type locality: [Kenya] Br. E. Africa, between Machakos and Neugia. Syntypes, 13 males, 1 female (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 4 males, West Gate (Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 21–30.xi.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22 ; 1 male, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune Grassland), 15 m, 26°26′58.6″S, 32°55′29.8″E, 25–30.v.2017, Aristophanous, M., László, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg., ANHRT:2017.26.

Distribution: This species has been collected in Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This is the first record of the species from Mozambique.