Parapluda invitabilis ( Wallengren, 1860 )

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

Parapluda invitabilis ( Wallengren, 1860) ( Figs 12–13 )

Heterogenea invitabilis Wallengren, 1860 , Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 4(2): 44. Type locality: South Africa, Caffraria. Holotype, female (SNHM) – photograph examined.

Apluda similis Distant, 1897 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)20: 204. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Waterberg. Holotype, male (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 3 males, West Gate (Sand Forest, 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, same site and collectors, 3–13.xii.2016 ; 1 male, same site, 10–17.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 24.ii.2018 ; 1 female, same site and collectors, 9– 17.ii.2018 ; 2 males, same site and collectors, 13– 15.ii.2018 ; 1 male, same site, and collectors, 21– 22.ii.2018 ; 2 males, Futi Corridor (Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic), 17 m, 26°32′10.1″S, 32°43′09.7″E, 23– 24.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 .

Distribution: This species is known from Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figures 1–13. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 1 – Caffricola vicina, female; 2 – ibidem, male; 3 – ibidem, male; 4 – G. velutina, female; 5 – ibidem, male; 6 – ibidem, male; 7 – ibidem, male; 8 – Halseyia biumbrata, male; 9 – ibidem, male; 10 – Macroplectra rufopallens, male; 11 – ibidem, male; 12 – Parapluda invitabilis, female; 13 – ibidem, male.