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Issue: Vol. 5728 No. 2: 10 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.2.6
Page range: 352-364
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First description of the female of Hypotrabala tabithae and new collection localities for the species (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)

Karl Marx st. 41-14; 432001 Ulyanovsk; Russia
Museum Witt; Max-Reger-Str. 18; 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz; Germany
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
University of Sciences; Techniques and Technology of Bamako; BP 1805 Bamako; Mali
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
Altai State University; pr. Lenina 61; 656049 Barnaul; Russia
Lepidoptera female genitalia lappet moth Lasiocampinae Selenepherini sterigma

Abstract

Two males and two females of Hypotrabala tabithae Takano & László, 2024 were found in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, Republic of South Africa) during a short visit in 2016. Females and their genitalia are illustrated and described here for the first time for H. tabithae, previously known after two type males. In addition, the male and its genitalia and geographic and ecoregional maps with four new collection localities in Zambia are illustrated.

 

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Prozorova, T.A., Sulak, H., Yakovlev, R.V., Saldaitis, A., Volkova, J.S., Revay, E.E., Müller, G.C. & Prozorov, A.M. (2025) First description of the female of Hypotrabala tabithae and new collection localities for the species (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Zootaxa, 5728 (2), 352–364. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.2.6