Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896

Taberer, Tabitha R. & László, Gyula M., 2022, A contribution to the knowledge of the slug moths (Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve, Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 6-20 : 8-9

Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896 ( Figs 28–29 )

Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896 , Entomologische Nachrichten , 22(17–18): 272. Type locality: [ Togo], Togogebiet, Misahöhe. Holotype, female (MFN).

Miresa coccinea Hampson, 1910 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6(8) Number 31: 139. Type locality: [ Nigeria], River Niger, between Akassa and Asaba. Holotype, male (NHMUK).

Miresa coccinea intensior Rothschild, 1921 , Novitates Zoologicae, 28(2): 219. Type locality: [ Niger], S. Damagarim, Songo. Syntypes, 3 males (NHMUK).

Miresa haematoessa Hampson, 1910 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History , 6(8) Number 31: 139. Type locality: [ South Africa], E. Transvaal, White River. Holotype, female (NHMUK).

Miresa haematoessa ab. haematoessula Strand , 1917, Archiv für Naturgeschichte , 82(A) 3: 10. Type locality: [ Zimbabwe], Gazaland, Mount Chirinda. Holotype, female ( NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 2 males, West Gate (Sand Forest, Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 3–13.xii.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg. ANHRT:2017.22 ; 2 males, same site, 21–22.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 2 males, West Gate (Futi Riverine Veg.), 5 m, 26°29′51.4″S, 32°43′3.2″E, 5.xii.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, 17–21.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2.

Distribution: This species is known from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figures 26–37. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 26 – Zinara cymatoides, female; 27 – ibidem, male; 28 – Micraphe lateritia, male; 29 – ibidem, male; 30 – Neomocena convergens, male; 31 – ibidem, male; 32 – ibidem, male; 33 – Trogocrada deleter, male; 34 – ibidem, male; 35 – Niphadolepis auricincta, male; 36 – ibidem, male; 37 – Unidentified Limacodinae sp., male.