Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 48B(1-2) 2005

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VOL 48B(1-2) 2005

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Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Melanonaclia luctuosa, female, Madagascar

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Description of the female of Melanonaclia luctuosa (OBERTHÜR, 1911) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

• Łukasz PRZYBYŁOWICZ

Abstract:

The female of Melanonaclia luctuosa (OBERTHÜR, 1911) is described on two specimens collected in northern part of Madagascar. The female is similar to the male in size and wing pattern. The female genitalia of this species can be separated from those of all other known Melanonaclia by having two similar, plate-like sclerites at the opening of the ductus seminalis, each of which armed with two prominent, “horn-like”, sharp, outwards directed processes.