Afroracotis madagascariensis ( Chainey & Karisch, 2017 ), 2023

László, Gyula M., Hausmann, Axel & Karisch, Timm, 2023, Integrative taxonomic revision of the African taxa of the Racotis Moore, 1887 generic complex (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini), Zootaxa 5308 (1), pp. 1-109 : 63

Afroracotis madagascariensis ( Chainey & Karisch, 2017)

( Figs 97–100 , 186–187 , 266–268 , 330 )

Racotis madagascariensis Chainey & Karisch, 2017 , Metamorphosis 28: 51. Holotype, male (NHMUK). Type locality: Madagascar, Station Perinet , 149 km E of Tananarivo.

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FIGURES 81–100. Adults, dorsal view. 81. Afroracotis zebrina, LT of Racotis zebrina, ♁, Nigeria (NHMUK); 82. Ibidem, ♁, Guinea (ANHRT); 83. Ibidem, ♀, Ivory Coast (ANHRT); 84. Ibidem, ♀, Liberia (ANHRT); 85. A. chaineyi sp. n., HT, ♁, Gabon (ANHRT); 86. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 87. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Zambia (ANHRT); 88. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Guinea (ANHRT); 89. A. lydiae lydiae sp. n., HT, ♁, Liberia (ANHRT); 90. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 91. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Guinea (ANHRT); 92. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Bioko (ZSM); 93. A. lydiae orientalis ssp. n., HT, ♁, Tanzania (ANHRT); 94. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Mozambique (ANHRT); 95. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Tanzania (ANHRT); 96. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Mozambique (ANHRT); 97. A. madagascariensis, HT of Racotis madagascariensis, ♁, Madagascar (NHMUK); 98. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Madagascar (NHMUK); 99. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Madagascar (NHMUK); 100. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (ANHRT).

FIGURES 171–190. Adults, ventral view. 171. Afroracotis atriclava, ST of Cleora atriclava, ♁, Madagascar (ZSM); 172. Ibidem, ST, ♀, Madagascar (ZSM); 173. A. turlini sp. n., PT, ♁, Rwanda (ZSM); 174. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Rwanda (ZSM); 175. A. zebrina, LT of Racotis zebrina, ♁, Nigeria (NHMUK); 176. A. zebrina, ♁, Guinea (ANHRT); 177. Ibidem, ♁, Liberia (ANHRT); 178. Ibidem, ♀, Ivory Coast (ANHRT); 179. A. chaineyi sp. n., HT, ♁, Gabon (ANHRT); 180. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 181. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Bioko (ZSM); 182. A. lydiae lydiae sp. n., PT, ♁, Liberia (ANHRT); 183. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Guinea (ANHRT); 184. A. lydiae orientalis ssp. n., HT, ♁, Tanzania (ANHRT); 185. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Tanzania (ANHRT); 186. A. madagascariensis, ♁, Madagascar (NHMUK); 187. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (ANHRT); 188. A. smithi sp. n., HT, ♁, Zambia (ANHRT); 189. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Zambia (ANHRT); 190. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Cameroon (ZSM).

FIGURES 262–267. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 262. Afroracotis lydiae lydiae sp. n., PT, Princípe, slide No. LG 5789 (ANHRT); 263. A. l. orientalis ssp. n., HT, Tanzania, slide No.LG 4172 (ANHRT); 264. Ibidem, Mozambique, slide No. LG 4932 (ANHRT); 265. Ibidem, Rwanda, slide No. LG 5536 (RCHS); 266. A. madagascariensis, Madagascar, slide No. LG 4102 (NHMUK); 267. Ibidem, Madagascar, slide No. LG 4787 (ZSM).

FIGURES 268–273. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 268. Afroracotis madagascariensis, Madagascar, slide No. LG 4078 (ANHRT); 269. A. smithi sp. n., HT, Zambia, slide No. LG 4972 (ANHRT); 270. Ibidem, PT, Gabon, slide No. LG 5398 (ANHRT); 271. Ibidem, PT, Kenya, slide No. LG 5549 (RCHS); 272. Afroracotis milesi sp. n., HT, Gabon, slide No. LG 5619 (ANHRT); 273. Ibidem, PT, Uganda, slide No. DS 228-2019 (RCDS).

FIGURES 328–335. Female genitalia. 328. Afroracotis lydiae orientalis ssp. n., PT, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 4173 (ANHRT); 329. Ibidem, PT, Mozambique, slide No.: LG 4955 (ANHRT); 330. A. madagascariensis, Madagascar, slide No.: LG 4750 (ZSM); 331. A. smithi sp. n., PT, Zambia, slide No.: LG 5400 (ANHRT); 332. Ibidem, PT, Cameroon, slide No.: LG 5074 (ZSM); 333. A. milesi sp. n., PT, Gabon, slide No.: LG 5411 (ANHRT); 334. Ibidem, PT, Cameroon, slide No.: LG 5437 (ANHRT); 335. A. ochsei sp. n., PT, Gabon, gen. slide No.: LG 5623 (ANHRT).