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Four new species of Lophilema Aurivillius, 1910 from East Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia. Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia
Lepidoptera Kenya Lithosiina new species Tanzania

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Lophilema, Lophilema mbulu Volynkin, sp. nov. (Tanzania, Mbulu Mts.), Lophilema bilobata Volynkin, sp. nov. (Kenya, Aberdare Range), Lophilema nguru Volynkin, sp. nov. (Tanzania, Nguru Mts.), and Lophilema curva Volynkin, sp. nov. (Tanzania, Nguru Mts.) are described. Adults, male and female genitalia of new and related species are illustrated.

 

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