Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v33i1.2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14164906
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scientific name	Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910
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Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910 View in CoL ( Figs 10–11 View Figures 1–13 )

Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910 , Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 1910(2): 485 pl. 39, fig. 16. Type locality: [ Kenya] Br. E. Africa, between Machakos and Neugia. Syntypes, 13 males, 1 female (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 4 males, West Gate (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 GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune Grassland), 15 m, 26°26′58.6″S, 32°55′29.8″E, 25–30.v.2017, Aristophanous, M., László, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg., ANHRT:2017.26. GoogleMaps

Distribution: This species has been collected in Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This is the first record of the species from Mozambique.

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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.