Esperiana    Memoir 5

548 S.    Schwanfeld,  6. Juni 2010    ISBN 978-3-938249-11-6

Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) 
(Hermann H. Hacker, Hans-Peter Schreier and Eyjolf Aistleitner)    7

Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)
(Hermann H. Hacker and Axel Hausmann)    97

Obituary to Dr. Karlheinz Politzar.   5th October 1938 – 20th October 2007
(Hermann H. Hacker and Axel Hausmann)    169

Noctuidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) with notes on the fauna of the southern Arabian
Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)
(Hermann H. Hacker and Aidas Saldaitis)    172

Revision of the genus Oraesia Guenée, 1852 (Old World) and related genera (Lepidoptera,
Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Calpinae)
(Gottfried Behounek, Hermann H. Hacker and Wolfgang Speidel)    243

A new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea)  from the Afrotropical Region
with the description of seven new species
(Ingo Lehmann)    294

New Dasypolia Guenée, 1852 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) taxa from Central Asia
(Povilas Ivinskis and Aidas Saldaitis)    323

Ulotrichopus eugeniae spec. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) from East-Africa
(Aidas Saldaitis and Povilas Ivinskis)    329

Aethalopteryx diksami, a new species (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Yemen, Sokotra Island
(Roman Yakovlev and Aidas Saldaitis)    333

Two new species of Tischeriidae from East Africa (Lepidoptera, Tischerioidea)
(Wolfram Mey)    337

A taxonomic review of the genera Parapsectris Meyrick, 1911 and Athrips Billberg, 1820 in Africa
(Oleksiy V. Bidzilya)    341

Records of interesting eremic Noctuidae species new to several southern Mediterranean countries
(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
(Lutz Lehmann)    409

Revisional notes on the Genus Thiacidas Walker, 1855 (= Trisula Moore, 1858, syn. nov.), new additional
data on the Thiacidinae with descriptions of seven new species and two subspecies (Lepidoptera,
Noctuidae)
(Hermann H. Hacker and Alberto Zilli)    413

Taxonomische Ergebnisse der Bearbeitung der Nachtfalterfauna des südlichen Afrikas (Lepidoptera,
Noctuoidea)
(Lars Kühne)    433

Beiträge zur Taxonomie, Systematik und Faunistik von Noctuidae (Noctuoidea), hauptsächlich aus dem
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
(Hermann Hacker & Wolfram Mey)    457

Index    469
Plates    492

Abstracts

Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) 
(Hermann H. Hacker, Hans-Peter Schreier and Eyjolf Aistleitner)   

The aim of the publication is to give a taxonomic and faunistic revision of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) of the Cape Verde Islands, including a summary of the distribution of all species, some details of their bionomics and figures of the genitalia and typical examples of interesting taxa, including their Variability.
In the present fauna 111 species of noctuid moths occuring are dealt with. Among them 2 species, 1 subspecies are described as new to science, two new synonyms and two nomina dubia are stated. In several cases corrections to previous misidentifications are made or dubious taxa and records discussed.

Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) (Hermann H. Hacker and Axel Hausmann)   

The publication presented here is a continuation of the previous article, the taxonomic and faunistic revision of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) of the Cape Verde Islands. It follows the same checklist style including a summary of the distribution of all species, some details of their bionomics and figures of the genitalia and typical examples, including their Variability.
Altogether 155 species of noctuid moths are dealt with here, among them three species and two subspecies are described as new to science, and two new synonyms and one nomen dubium are stated; one hitherto subspecific taxon is upgraded to species rank. 

Noctuidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) with notes on the fauna of the southern Arabian Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)
(Hermann H. Hacker and Aidas Saldaitis)   

The aim of the publication is to give a taxonomic and faunistic revision of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago, including a summary of the distribution of all species, some details of their bionomics and figures of the genitalia and typical examples of interesting taxa, including their Variability.
In the present fauna, 89 species of noctuid moth known to occur in the area are included. One genus, 11 species and 2 subspecies are described as new to science, three new synonyms are given. In several cases corrections to previous misidentifications are made or dubious taxa and records discussed.
The publication includes a zoogeographical analysis and is supplemented by further new records of the fauna of the adjacent South Arabian countries Oman (28 species) and Yemen (2 species).
The investigations made here show that the noctuid fauna of Socotra fauna is composed of 47 tropical-subtropical species (52%), 30 palaeotropical (33%), 17 afrotropical (19%, 26 endemics (29%), 15 eremic species (16%), but surprisingly not a single with asiantropical-subtropical distribution pattern.

Revision of the genus Oraesia Guenée, 1852 (Old World) and related genera (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Calpinae)
(Gottfried Behounek, Hermann H. Hacker and Wolfgang Speidel)  

The genus Oraesia is revised, and a new genus, Wolframmeyia gen. nov., is erected to accommodate the single Afrotropical “Calpe” imperialis Grünberg, 1910 which is selected as type of the new genus. In addition, Fawcetticana subgen. nov. is described with the type-species Fawcetticana cerne (Fawcett, 1916), the single species of the subgenus. The genus Calyptra is segregated from the genera revised here and short diagnoses are given for all genera of the complex. Africalpe is downgraded to a subgenus of Oraesia.
New combinations: Wolframmeyia imperialis (Grünberg, 1910) comb. nov., Oraesia vagabunda Swinhoe, 1884 comb. rev., Oraesia intrusa (Krüger, 1939) comb. nov., and Oraesia falkneri (Hacker & Ebert, 2002) comb. nov.
New species group taxa include Oraesia emarginata defreinai subspec. nov. (type locality Namibia), Oraesia janinae spec. nov. (type locality Philippines, Luzon), Oraesia politzari spec. nov. (type locality Nigeria), and Oraesia kathrinae spec. nov. (type locality Philippines, Mindoro).
Oraesia albescens (Gaede, 1940) stat. rev. and Oraesia pierronii (Mabille, 1880) stat. rev. are revived from synonymy and recognized as full species.
New synonymy: Oraesia cuprea Saalmüller, 1891 is recognized as a new junior synonym of Oraesia pierronii (Mabille, 1880) (syn. nov.).

A new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea)  from the Afrotropical Region with the description of seven new species
(Ingo Lehmann)   

The new genus Kroonia is described from the Afrotropical Region including the description of seven new species. Additionally, two species, namely Lebedodes natalica Hampson (1910) from eastern and southeastern Africa and L. fumealis Janse (1925) from central and southwestern Zimbabwe, are transferred from the genus Lebedodes Holland (1893) into the new genus. Photographs of the adults, illustrations of their wing venation and genitalia, as well as information on the floristic composition of their habitats, are presented. The type species of the new genus is Kroonia murphyi spec. nov. which is an Eastern Arc Mountain species with a southerly distribution through Malawi, including coastal lowland forest remnants on Mt. Mulanje, and probably further south into Mozambique. The other six species are Kroonia dallastai spec. nov. from Kakamega Forest (West Kenya), K. politzari spec. nov. from Rwankwi (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), K. adamauensis spec. nov. from the Massif de l’Adamaoua (north-central Cameroon), K. carteri spec. nov. from Sédhiou (southwestern Sénégal), K. heikeae spec. nov. from Homeb (southwest Namibia) and K. honeyi spec. nov. from the Otavi Mountain Range (north-central Namibia). Four species are classified as endemics to Various centres of endemism.

New Dasypolia Guenée, 1852 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) taxa from Central Asia
(Povilas Ivinskis and Aidas Saldaitis)   

A new species of Dasypolia Guenée, 1852, D. proverai, from Uzbekistan and a new subspecies, D. diva fabienneae sspec. nov., from Kazakhstan are described. In appearance, both taxa resemble Dasypolia (Dasymixis) diva described from East Turkey but differ in certain external and genital features as well. The female of Dasypolia diva is pictured for the first time and the general distribution of this species is discussed.

Ulotrichopus eugeniae spec. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) from East-Africa
(Aidas Saldaitis and Povilas Ivinskis)  

A new species, Ulotrichopus eugeniae spec. nov., from Tanzania and Kenya is described. Externally, the new species resembles Ulotrichopus dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906 and U. macula Hampson, 1891, but differs in the genitalia of both sexes and the distribution. Here, we also present new data on Ulotrichopus pseudocatocala Strand, 1918 from Rwanda.

Aethalopteryx diksami, a new species (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Yemen, Sokotra Island
(Roman Yakovlev and Aidas Saldaitis)   

A new species of Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990, A. diksami, from Sokotra island is described. In external appearance it resembles Aethalopteryx mesosticta (Hampson, 1916) and A. simillima (Hampson, 1916) described from Somalia, but differs from both in certain external features.

Two new species of Tischeriidae from East Africa (Lepidoptera, Tischerioidea)
(Wolfram Mey)   

Two new species of the family Tischeriidae are described: Tischeria kuehnei spec. nov. from Rwanda, and Coptotriche kenyensis spec. nov. from Kenya, Mount Kenya. The male genitalia of the new species are illustrated. Their presumed relatives are briefly indicated.

A taxonomic review of the genera Parapsectris Meyrick, 1911 and Athrips Billberg, 1820 in Africa
(Oleksiy V. Bidzilya)   

The genus Parapsectris Meyrick, 1911 and South African members of the genus Athrips Billberg, 1820 are revised. 23 Parapsectris and 22 South African Athrips-species are recognized. 12 new Athrips-species (A. pallida spec. nov., A. albicostella spec. nov., A. latipalpella spec. nov., A. flavida spec. nov., A. hirtopalpa spec. nov., A. ravidinigra spec. nov., A. meyi spec. nov., A. angustisaccula spec. nov., A. nigrinervosa spec. nov., A. dorsimaculata spec. nov., A. albibasella spec. nov., A. punctosa spec. nov.) and 10 new Parapsectris-species (P. griseoflavida spec. nov., P. savannae spec. nov., P. nigrifasciata spec. nov., P. curvisaccula spec. nov., P. modica spec. nov., P. violae spec. nov., P. ochrostigma spec. nov., P. konradi spec. nov., P. alfonsi spec. nov., P. feraxoides spec. nov.) are described from South Africa (Namibia, RSA, Zimbabwe), Parapsectris povolnyi spec. nov. is described from Morocco. The genus Pseudathrips Povolný, 1986 syn. nov. is considered as a junior synonym of Parapsectris Meyrick, 1911, resalting in new combinations for Pseudathrips-species: Athrips irritans (Povolný, 1989) comb. nov., Athrips sisterina (Povolný, 1989) comb. nov., Parapsectris buettikeri (Povolný, 1986) comb. nov., Parapsectris similis (Povolný, 1981) comb. nov. and Parapsectris amseli (Povolný, 1981) comb. nov. Five species are transferred from Parapsectris to Athrips: A. zetterstedtiella (Zeller, 1852) comb. nov., Athrips phoenaula (Meyrick, 1913) comb. nov., Athrips neograpta (Meyrick, 1914) comb. nov., Athrips mappigera (Meyrick, 1914) comb. nov., Athrips bruneosparsa (Janse, 1958) comb. nov. One species - Athrips helicaula (Meyrick, 1912) comb. nov. is transferred from Pyncostola Meyrick, 1917 and Athrips cretulata (Meyrick, 1927) comb. nov. is transferred from Gelechia Hübner, [1825]. Four species are transferred from Parapsectris to Athrips: Parapsectris carinata (Meyrick, 1911) comb. nov., Parapsectris exstincta (Meyrick, 1911) comb. nov., Parapsectris lacunosa (Meyrick, 1918) comb. nov. and Parapsectris ochrocosma (Meyrick, 1911) comb. nov. Parapsectris infricta Meyrick, 1916 is transferred to Mometa Durrant, 1914: Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916) comb. nov. The South African Athrips- and all Parapsectris-species and its male and female genitalia are redescribed and illustrated. The relationships between Athrips and Parapsectris are discussed. A brief biogeographic analysis is provided.

Records of interesting eremic Noctuidae species new to several southern Mediterranean countries (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
(Lutz Lehmann)   

Six, mainly eremic, Noctuidae species are reported as new for fauna of the respective country: Ulotrichopus tinctipennis (Hampson, 1902) for Morocco, Anumeta surcoufi Dumont, 1922 for Tunisia and Libya, Anumeta quatuor Berio, 1934 for Tunisia, Odontelia daphnadeparisae Kravchenko, Ronkay, Speidel, Witt, Mooser, Junnila, Zilli & Müller, 2007 for Egypt, Cerocala sana Staudinger, 1901 for both parts of Cyprus, and Boursinia deceptrix (Staudinger, 1900) for Turkey. Information about distribution and phenology of the species are given.

Revisional notes on the Genus Thiacidas Walker, 1855 (= Trisula Moore, 1858, syn. nov.), new additional data on the Thiacidinae with descriptions of seven new species and two subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
(Hermann H. Hacker and Alberto Zilli)   

A revised overview on the genus Thiacidas Walker, 1855 (= Panthauma Staudinger, 1892; = Auchenisa Hampson, 1905; = Trisulana Bethune-Baker, 1911; = Galactomoia Fawcett, 1916; = Pteronycta Fawcett, 1917) by Hacker & Zilli (2007) is supplemented with new data, synonymisation of Trisula Moore, 1858 (syn. nov.) with Thiacidas Walker, 1855, delegation of the genus Amblyprora Bethune-Baker, 1911 to the Thiacidinae and descriptions of the following seven new species and two subspecies: Thiacidas politzari Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas ivoiriana Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas fuscomacula Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas somaliensis Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas subhampsoni Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas occidentalis Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas orientalis Hacker & Zilli spec. nov., Thiacidas dukei morettoi Hacker & Zilli subspec. nov. and Thiacidas mukim fuscomukim Hacker & Zilli subspec. nov.

Taxonomische Ergebnisse der Bearbeitung der Nachtfalterfauna des südlichen Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)
(Lars Kühne)  

Beiträge zur Taxonomie, Systematik und Faunistik von Noctuidae (Noctuoidea), hauptsächlich aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
(Hermann Hacker & Wolfram Mey)    457
 

Descriptions of six new African Noctuidae species and specification of a new taxonomic combination, mainly dealing with material of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin:
Feliniopsis sinaevi Hacker & Mey spec. nov.,
Feliniopsis jinka Hacker spec. nov.,
Feliniopsis parvuloides Hacker spec. nov.,
Stenosticta namibiensis Hacker & Mey spec. nov.,
Stenosticta nigrescens Hacker & Mey spec. nov.,
Stenosticta schreieri Hacker spec. nov.,
Iranada sordesens (Staudinger, 1895) comb. nov.