Nola tineoides (Walker, 1858)

László, Gyula M. & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the Nolini of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), Zootaxa 4571 (2), pp. 225-246 : 228

Nola tineoides (Walker, 1858)

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Micra tineoides Walker [1858] 1857, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 12: 824. Type locality: [ RSA] Port Natal. Holotype male, NHMUK.

Material examined: 1 ♂, Mozambique, 15m, Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta Milibangalala, Dune Grassland , 26°26'58.6"S, 32°55'29.8"E, 25–30.V.2017, MV Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Laszlo, G., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg. , slide No.: LGNA 375 ♂ (coll. ANHRT).

Remark. Nola tineoides was described from Port Natal a locality being rather close to Maputaland. It is worth to note that the author refers to the species as the most common Nola in South Africa, still, only a single specimen was collected in the Maputo Special Reserve. New country record for Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURES 1–16. Nola, Nolidia and Mecothrix spp.: adults (all in coll. ANHRT). 1, Nola socotrensis vansoni, ♂, Mozambique; 2, N. socotrensis vansoni, ♀, Mozambique; 3, N. melanoscelis, ♂, Mozambique; 4, N. melanoscelis, ♂, Mozambique; 5, N. biangulata submelanoscelis, ♂, Mozambique; 6, N. politzari, ♂, Mozambique; 7, N. politzari, ♀, Mozambique; 8, N. tineoides, ♂, Mozambique; 9, Nolidia transitoria, ♂, Mozambique; 10, N. transitoria, ♀, Mozambique; 11, Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana, ♂, Mozambique; 12, M. aegyptiaca cana, ♀, Mozambique; 13, M. mineti, ♂, Mozambique; 14, M. mineti, ♀, Mozambique; 15, M. maputuana László sp. n., holotype, ♂, Mozambique; 16, M. maputuana László sp. n., paratype, ♂, Mozambique.

FIGURES 44–52. Nola, Nolidia and Mecothrix spp.: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT). 44, Nola socotrensis vansoni, Mozambique, slide LGNA 327; 45, N. melanoscelis, Mozambique, slide LGNA 328; 46, N. biangulata submelanoscelis, Mozambique, slide LGNA 511; 47, N. politzari, Mozambique, slide LGNA 329; 48, N. tineoides, Mozambique, slide LGNA 375; 49, Nolidia transitoria, Mozambique, slide LGNA 444; 50, Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana, Mozambique, slide LGNA 322; 51, M. mineti, Mozambique, slide LGNA 298; 52, M. maputuana László sp. n., holotype, Mozambique, slide LGNA 302.