Ezishnola cretacea László 2020, comb. nov.
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nolidae
Ezishnola
Ezishnola cretacea

description: Ezishnola cretacea (Hampson, 1914) comb. nov. (Figs 3-8, 15, 19, 20)   
 Roeselia cretacea Hampson, 1914, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Supplement 1: 431. Type locality: [Ghana] Gold Coast, Bibianaha. 2 Syntypes, females (NHMUK). Meganola cretacea (Hampson, 1914), Esperiana 17: 496.   
 Type material examined: Syntype, female. Red ring “Type” label; [Ghana] “Gold Coast. Bibianaha. 700 ft. II. 1912. H.G.F. Spurrell. 1912-275.”; with handwritten: “ Roeselia cretacea type ♀ Hmpsn”; QR code label with unique number: NHMUK010598832 (NHMUK).   
 Additional material examined: Liberia. 2 males, 750m, Nimba County, Nimba Mts., ENNR, Cellcom road, 7°33'3.78"N, 8°31'46.49"W, 16-28.xii.2018, Cold Cathode UV Light Trap (8 W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT: 2018.43, slide Nos: LGNA953, LGNA954; 1 male, 611m, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts, base camp forest, 8°07'17"N, 9°57'42"W, 20.xi.-01.xii.2017, MV Light Trap (125W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA595; 1 male, 530m, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area, 7°56'36"N, 10°16'36"W, 10-19.xi.2017, MV Light Trap (125W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33; 1 male, 883m, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts, Ridge Camp 2, 8°07'20.79"N, 9°56'50.75"W, 22-31.xi.2018, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg. ANHRT:2018.43; 1 male, 494m, Nimba county, Nimba Mts., ENNR, Grassfield FDA Field Station, 7°29'32.45"N, 8°34'54.05"W, 22.xi.2018 Light Trap, Blended Bulb (250W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg. ANHRT:2018.43; 1 male, 700m, ENNR, Nimba Mts, Cellcom Rd, 7°32’47.5”N, 8°32’1.33”W, 10-24.III.2017, Light Trap (250W blended bulb) & cold cathode UV light bucket trap (8W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2017.36; 2 males, 701m, Nimba Mountains, Mount Gangra western slope, 7°33'29.73"N, 8°38'16.4"W, 16-17.III.2017, Light Trap (250W blended bulb) & cold cathode UV light bucket trap (8W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2017.36 (ANHRT). Ivory Coast. 1 male, 1171m, Mt. Tonkoui Peak N07°27'15.2", W07°38'12.5" 3-7.V.2017, MV light, Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, Geiser, M., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2017.25, slide No.: LGNA594; 2 males, same site, 9-16.IV.2016, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2017.17. Guinea. 1 male, 1500m, Nimba Mts, SMFG concession area (Societe des Mines de Fer de Guinee) 600 Forest, 7°39'49.93"N, 8°22'22.19"W, 21-30.viii.2017, Cold Cathode UV Light Trap (8W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2017.36, slide No.: LGNA835; 1 female, 700m, Nimba Mts, SMFG concession area, (Societe des Mines de Fer de Guinee), Cite 1, 7°42'2.83"N, 8°23’58.60"W, 16-25.VII.2017, General coll. at light, Sáfián Sz. leg., ANHRT: 2017.36, slide No.: LGNA998 (ANHRT). Ghana. 1 female, Bunso Arboretum, 6°15'58.03"N, 0°27'45.72"W, 13-14.IX.2010, leg. Sz. Sáfián, slide No.: LGNA990 (HNHM).
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., 2020, On the taxonomy of Meganola cretacea (Hampson, 1914) with description of two new species (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), pp. 82-92 in Ecologica Montenegrina 30 on pages 83-84, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.30.8, http://zenodo.org/record/13231368