Tetradia lophoptera (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

Tetradia lophoptera (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) View in CoL – tribe Ceroplesini

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ETYMOLOGY

Greek: λόφος, crest and πτερόν, wing.

SIZE

Previous records: 11–15.75 mm; Kuzikus specimens (n=12): 11.5–16.5 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

March to June and September to October.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 4–10 Apr. 2011; day time collecting; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Sep.–5 Oct. 2012; night collection; I.G.: 32.223; RBINS GoogleMaps • 6 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Sep.–5 Oct. 2012; light trap; J. Constant, V. Sougnez & N. Maes leg.; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 3–20 Apr. 2012; P. Léonard leg.; I.G.: 32.691; RBINS GoogleMaps • 2 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Oct. 2010; light trap; “18h58–20h06, 6 % humidity, 31.1°C, wind: 1, moon 80 %”; J. Reinhard (Brink) leg.; I.G.: 31.767; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 18 Apr. 2011; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 373”; KWRC GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Botswana, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

NOTE

Tetradia lophoptera represents the single species composing the genus Tetradia Thomson, 1864 .