Dracopoloma nigromaculata ( Aurivillius, 1893 ), 2025

Takano, Hitoshi & Morgan, Lauren E., 2025, A revision of the genus Poloma Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae) with the description of a new genus, Zootaxa 5627 (3), pp. 526-538 : 534-535

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.6
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scientific name	Dracopoloma nigromaculata ( Aurivillius, 1893 )
status	comb. nov.

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Dracopoloma nigromaculata ( Aurivillius, 1893) comb. nov.

( Figs 13–16 View FIGURES 9–16 , 20 View FIGURES 17–20 , 24 View FIGURES 21–24 )

Phyllalia nigromaculata Aurivillius, 1893: 210 . Type locality: [ South Africa] “ Port Natal ”.

Stenoglene nahor Druce, 1896: 354 . Type locality: [ South Africa] “ Umtata , Pondoland ”.

Hemijana griseola Rothschild, 1917: 490 View in CoL . Type locality [ South Africa] “ Mooi River , Natal ”.

Poloma nigromaculata — Aurivillius 1901: 12; Gaede 1927: 296, pl. 41, fig. g; Vári et al. 2002: 150; Kitching & Rougerie et al.

2018: suppl. material 1; Krüger 2020: 138. Stenoglene nahor — Gaede 1927: 309; Dall’Asta & Poncin 1980: 484; Vári et al. 2002: 150 (syn.) Hemijana griseola View in CoL — Gaede 1927: 302; Vári et al. 2002: 150; Kitching & Rougerie et al. 2018: suppl. material 1; Krüger 2020:

138; Takano 2025 (syn.)

Type material examined: Phyllalia nigromaculata . Holotype ♂ ( MfN): “Type. [orange card] // Port Natal / Schtt. 70. [black border; yellow card; handwritten] // Poloma / nigromaculata / Aur. typ. [handwritten] // 34 [light blue paper] // 418. [handwritten]”.

Stenoglene nahor . Holotype ♂ ( NHMUK): “Type [circular label with red border] // Umtata, / Pondoland. / E.H. Druce. // Stenoglene / nahor ♂ / Type Druce // NHMUK 0014200394 [QR Code]”.

Hemijana griseola . Holotype ♂ ( NHMUK): “ Mooi River , / Natal. // Poloma / nigromacu / lata Aur. det. M. Gaede [partially handwritten] // NHMUK 014200383 [QR Code]”.

Other material examined (6♂♂ 1♀): SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal (1♂ OUMNH) ; Eastern Cape: Transkei (1♂ NHMUK) ; Port St. Johns , 29.i–05.ii.1924, leg. R.E. Turner (1♂ NHMUK) ; same data but ix.1923 (1♂ NHMUK) ; Kwazulu-Natal: Durban , leg. J.H. Bowker (1♀ NHMUK) ; Impetyeni [=Impetyne] Forest , 1.ix.1920 (1♂ OUMNH) ; Kloof , 1500 ft, ix.1926, leg. R.E. Turner (1♂ NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length: male: 22–23 mm, female: 26 mm. See above under D. castanea for differential diagnoses.

Foodplants. Unknown.

Distribution. Endemic to South Africa and apparently uncommon. Based on the limited number of specimens examined, the distribution of this species appears to be centred around the Maputaland-Pondoland bushlands and thickets ecoregion at the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21–24 ).