Oedipygilema aposema ( Kühne, 2010 )

Volynkin, Anton V., 2021, Oedipygilema anomoia, a new lithosiine species from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5067 (1), pp. 144-148 : 146-147

Oedipygilema aposema ( Kühne, 2010)

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Lepista aposem a Kühne, 2010, Esperiana Memoir , 5: 436, text fig. (male genitalia), pl. 26: figs 9–10 (adults) (Type locality:

[ Republic of South Africa, Mpumalanga, Mbombela] “ RSA, Transvaal, Pullen-Farm, 30 km SE Nelspruit”).

Material examined. ZAMBIA: 161 males, 126 females, 1147m, Lukwakwa, West Lunga NP. ( Cryptosepalum forest / Dambo ), 12˚39’40’’S, 24˚26’13’’E, 9–15.xi.2018, LepiLED and MV light traps, Aristophanous, M., Dérozier, V., László, G., Oram, D. leg., gen. prep. Nos. : AV6437 (male) and AV6462 (female) ; 2 males, same locality as previous but 4–8.xi.2013, light trap, Smith, Takano & Oram leg. ; 4 males, 4 females, 1365m, Jan Fisher’s Farm, Chingola ( Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 12˚36’10’’S, 27˚55’48’’E, 14–17.xi.2019, MV and LepiLED light traps, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L. leg., gen. prep. No. : AV6461 (male) ; 2 males, 3 females, 980m, Ngoye Falls, Zambezi Riv. , 16˚39’39’’S, 23˚34’24’’E, 20.xi.2013, light trap, Smith, Takano & Oram leg. ; 4 males, 3 females, 1080m, Mayukuyuku, Kafue NP, 14˚54’55’’S, 26˚03’47’’E, 21–26.xi.2013, light trap, Smith, Takano & Oram leg. ; 3 males, 3 females, 1191m, Kasanka River Pontoon, Kasanka NP, 12˚34’23’’S, 30˚14’05’’E, 2–4.xii.2012, light trap, Smith , R. & Takano, H. leg. ; 1 male, 3 females, 1193m, Lake Wasa, Kasanka NP, 12˚33’19’’S, 30˚17’43’’E, 5.xii.2012, Smith , R. & Takano, H. leg. ; 1 male, 1285m, Lukulu River, Lavushi Manda NP, 12˚15’05’’S, 30˚53’43’’E, 27–29.xi.2012, light trap, Smith , R. & Takano, H. leg. , gen. prep. No.: AV6476; 1 male without abdomen, 1191m, Fibwe Mushitu, Kasanka NP, 12˚35’15’’S, 30˚14’52’’E, 2–4.xii.2012, actinic light, Smith , R. & Takano, H. leg. ; 1 female, 1420m, Chilambwe Falls, Kafubu River , 09˚50’13’’S, 30˚43’35’’E, 8–9.xi.2014, light trap, Smith, Takano & Oram leg. ; 1 male, 1280m, Chimfunshi, Kafue River, Copperbelt Province, 12˚21’25’’S, 27˚32’03’’E, 19.xi.2014, light trap, Smith , R. & Takano, H. leg. ; 1 female, 1179m, Greystone, Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, 12˚55’50’’S, 28˚14’29’’E, 17–18.xi.2014, light trap, Smith , R. & Takano, H. leg. (all in ANHRT).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 12–14 mm in males and 13–15 mm in females. The species has an aposematic orange and black colouration similar to that of the genera Muxta Birket-Smith , Lepista Wallengren , Parainesis Krüger and Enargeiosia Krüger (illustrated by Krüger (2015)). The detailed comparison with O. anomoia sp. n. is provided above in the diagnosis of the species.

Distribution. South Africa ( Kühne 2010), Eswatini, southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe ( Krüger 2015) and Zambia (new record).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Oedipygilema spp.: adults. The specimens are deposited in ANHRT.

FIGURES 5–8. Oedipygilema spp.: male (5, 6) and female (7, 8) genitalia. The specimens dissected are deposited in ANHRT.