Latoia latistriga ( Walker, 1855 )

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 : 11

Latoia latistriga ( Walker, 1855) ( Figs 21–22 )

Neaera latistriga Walker, 1855 , List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum , 5: 1141. Type locality: [Africa] Not stated. Holotype, female (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 11 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, 10–17.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 24–25.ii.2018 ; 2 males, same site and collectors, 9–17.ii.2018 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 13–15.ii.2018 ; 1 female, same site and collectors, 21– 22.ii.2018 ; 1 male, 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 ; 2 males, 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 ; 1 male, same site, 17–21.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 1 male, 1 female, Mangrove Camp (Mangrove–Woodland Mosaic), 9 m, 26°19′35.9″S, 32°42′35.7″E, 7–9.xii.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg. ANHRT:2017.22.

Distribution: This species is known from Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Taxonomic note: Like L. intermissa , L. latistriga has been referred to as Latoia ( Faucheux 2012) or Parasa ( Poinar & Vega 2019, Gilmer 1925) in various publications. We follow Janse’s (1964: 115) review of South African Limacodidae and for the time being, treat this species as Latoia .

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.