Ezishnola xantholeuca (Hacker, 2012) László, 2025

László, Gyula M., 2025, Integrative taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical Ezishnola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Nolidae, Nolinae), with descriptions of six new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 88, pp. 1-26 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.88.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/072B8012-4C50-7146-C3A5-FB95FBE2FA41

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scientific name

Ezishnola xantholeuca
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Distribution. Ezishnola cretacea has confirmed records from Ghana (lectotype), Guinea and Liberia.

Taxonomic note. A series of dissections conducted on Ezishnola specimens revealed that the configuration of the signum bursae in the female genitalia is a crucial diagnostic feature, prompting the author of this paper to dissect one of the syntypes of E. cretacea . The dissection of this type specimen, which is designated as the lectotype of E. cretacea in this paper, showed that it possesses no signa bursae, suggesting a close affinity with E. inopinata László, 2020 . Consequently, the female genitalia figures identified as E. cretacea in László (2020) are incorrectly attributed; in fact, they belong to E. xantholeuca comb. n. As the author at that time considered E. cretacea a morphologically variable species confined to West Africa, the examined material listed as E. cretacea by László (2020) contains several different taxa, including E. carcassoni László, 2020 , E. truncata sp. n., E. magnisignata sp. n. and E. xantholeuca . The adult figures in László (2020) illustrate E. xantholeuca ( Figs 4, 5, 6, 7 View Figures 1–15 ) and E. carcassoni ( Fig. 8 View Figures 1–15 ). Regarding the male genitalia illustrations, Fig. 19 View Figures 16–30 depicts E. carcassoni , Fig. 20 View Figures 16–30 illustrates E. xantholeuca , while the remaining figures are correctly identified.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nolidae

Genus

Ezishnola

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