Chrysopoloma restricta Distant, 1899

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 : 12

Chrysopoloma restricta Distant, 1899 ( Figs 40–43 )

Chrysopoloma restricta Distant, 1899 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History , (7), 4(23): 362. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Lydenburg District. Syntypes, 2 males (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 3 males, 1 female, 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; 1 male, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune Grassland), 15 m, 26°26′58.6″S, 32°55′29.8″E, 17–21.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2 .

Distribution: This species has previously been known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, and Tanzania. The specimens sampled in the MSR represent a new country record for Mozambique.

Figures

Figures 38–43. Adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll.ANHRT). 38 – Chrysopoloma bicolor, male; 39 – ibidem, male; 40 – Chrysopoloma restricta, female; 41 – ibidem, male; 42 – ibidem, male; 43 – ibidem, male.