Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957

Przybyłowicz, Łukasz & Bąkowski, Marek, 2011, Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana, Zootaxa 3031, pp. 54-60 : 58

Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957

( Figs. 2 D, 3F–G)

Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957 . Tijds. Entomol. 100(1): 104.

Material examined. 2 3 Mamang River Forest Reserve; 31.VIII. – 04.IX.2006 ( ISEA). Distribution. Ghana and Guinea. The species was described from the southern part of Ghana (Bibianaha, 70 miles N.W. of Dimkwa).

Remarks. The type series consists of two males deposited in BMNH. The paratype was collected in Guinea (“N’zérékoré”). M. priscilla ( Fig. 3 D), although resembling M. paremphares in colouration, can easily be separated by its larger size. In the genitalia, the phallus is significantly longer and the terminal portion of the valva is shorter ( Figs 3 F– G) (gs - S137, ISEA).

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Pseudothyretes kamitugensis. (B) Rhipidarctia (Hemirhipidia) postrosea. (C) Metarctia paremphares. (D) Metarctia priscilla. (E) Metarctia sp. (scale bar = 10 mm).

FIGURE 3. (A – C) Rhipidarctia (Hemirhipidia) postrosea (gs S 133 (3) S 134 (Ƥ), ISEA): (A) Male genitalia. (B) Phallus. (C) Female genitalia. (D – E) Metarctia paremphares (gs S 136, ISEA): (D) Male genitalia. (E) Phallus. (F – G) Metarctia priscilla (gs S 137, ISEA): (F) Male genitalia. (G) Phallus. (H) Metarctia haematica (gs S 131, ISEA) female genitalia. (I) Metarctia sp. (gs S 139, ISEA) female genitalia.