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Issue: Vol. 5631 No. 2: 2 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.5
Page range: 319-334
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Description of a new species of Lasiocesa Koçak from miombo woodlands in Malawi (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Pinarini)

University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali.
Karl Marx st. 41-14; 432001 Ulyanovsk; Russia.
University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali.; Paleo DNA Laboratory; Lakehead University; 1294 Balmoral St.; Thunder Bay; ON; Canada
Altai State University; pr. Lenina 61; 656049 Barnaul; Russia.; Tomsk State University; Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology; Lenina pr. 36; 634050 Tomsk; Russia; Samarkand State University; University blv. 15; 140104 Samarkand; Uzbekistan
Nature Research Centre; Akademijos str. 2; 08412 Vilnius-21; Lithuania.
Ulyanovsk State University; Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya Ulitsa 1; 432063 Ulyanovsk; Russia.
Museum Witt; Max-Reger-Str. 18; 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz; Germany.
University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali.; Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases; Hadassah Medical School; The Hebrew University; Kalman Ya’akov Man St.; 91120 Jerusalem; Israel
University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; Point G; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali; Altai State University; pr. Lenina 61; 656049 Barnaul; Russia. Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich; Großhaderner Str. 2; D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried; Germany. Bavarian Natural History Collections (SNSB-ZSM); Münchhausenstraße 21; D-81247 Munich; Germany.
Lepidoptera biodiversity Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands ecoregion lappet moth Mtangatanga Forest Reserve new species Nyika National Park

Abstract

New Lasiocesa Koçak, 2013 species, Lasiocesa ladislavi sp. nov., is described from the Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands ecoregion of Malawi. The new species is compared with four other known Lasiocesa species. Adults, their genitalia, distribution maps and photos of the habitat of the new species are illustrated.

 

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Revay, E.E., Prozorova, T.A., Junnila, A., Yakovlev, R.V., Saldaitis, A., Volkova, J.S., Sulak, H., Müller, G.C. & Prozorov, A.M. (2025) Description of a new species of Lasiocesa Koçak from miombo woodlands in Malawi (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Pinarini). Zootaxa, 5631 (2), 319–334. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.5