Ctenolita habenichti Wichgraf, 1913

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 : 9

Ctenolita habenichti Wichgraf, 1913 ( Fig. 16 )

Ctenolita habenichti Wichgraf, 1913 , Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(2): 9. Type locality: [ Mozambique], Delagoa Bay. Syntypes, 1 male, 2 females (MFN).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 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.

Distribution: This species is known to date only from Mozambique.

Taxonomic note: Ctenolita habenichti is possibly synonymous with Ctenolita melanosticta ( Bethune-Baker, 1909) , which is known to also exist in Mozambique as well as Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Both species have identical wing patterns although C. melanosticta is overall darker in colour. Further studies are required to determine whether these species are taxonomically distinct.

Figures

Figures 14–25. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise stated). 14 – Scotinochroa inconsequens, male; 15 – ibidem, male; 16 – Ctenolita habenichti, male; 17 – Latoia intermissa, male Syntype (NHMUK); 18 – Latoia intermissa, male; 19 – Latoia albicosta, male Syntype (NHMUK); 20 – Latoia albicosta, male; 21 – Latoia latistriga, male; 22 – ibidem, female; 23 – Latoia vivida, female; 24 – ibidem, male; 25 – ibidem, male.