Chrysopoloma bicolor ( Distant, 1897 )

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 bicolor ( Distant, 1897) ( Figs 38–39 )

Stenoglene bicolor Distant, 1897 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)20: 206. Type locality: South Africa, Gauteng, Transvaal , Pretoria , Pienaars River . Syntypes, 4 females (NHMUK).

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 4 males, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune Grassland-Dune Forest Ecotone), 15 m, 26°26′58.6″S, 32°55′29.8″E, 30.xi–3.xii.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22.

Distribution: This species had previously only been collected in South Africa. Our research has now also identified it in 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.