Niphadolepis auricincta Butler, 1898

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

Niphadolepis auricincta Butler, 1898 ( Figs 35–36 )

Niphadolepis auricincta Butler, 1898 , Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 57: 437, pl. 32, fig. 9. Type locality: [ Kenya], British East Africa, Taru. Syntype, 1 male (NHMUK) – examined.

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 5 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 ; 3 males, same site, 24–25.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 ; 3 males, same site and collectors, 9–17.ii.2018 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 10– 17.ii.2018 ; 2 males, same site and collectors, 13– 15.ii.2018 ;

Distribution: This species was described from a single specimen from Kenya. Our research has found it to also exist in Mozambique for the first time.

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.