Delorhachis chlorodaedala Tams 1929
Creators: name: Taberer, Tabitha R.
name: Fiebig, Ralf
name: Giusti, Alessandro
name: László, Gyula M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Limacodidae
Delorhachis
Delorhachis chlorodaedala

description: Delorhachis chlorodaedala Tams, 1929 (Figures 10 –12, 71–72, 97–98, 136–136,
160)
Delorhachis chlorodaedala Tams, 1929, Bulletin of the Hill Museum, 3: 173, pl. 8, Figure 4. Type locality: Angola, Portuguese West Africa, South Bihé District, Benguela Plateau. Holotype, female, gen. slide no. Limacodidae 1327 ♀ (NHMUK).
Type material examined
Holotype. Female: red circle label ′HOLO- | TYPE̍ || handwritten ′ Delorhachis | chlorodaedala | Tams | Holotype ♀ ̍. || ′82. 28. | South Bihe District | Benguela Plateau | Angola, 5000 feet | Port. West Africa | Nov. 1928 | T. A. Barns ̍ || ′ Limacodidae | Brit. Mus. slide | No. 1327̍ || ′ Joicey Coll. | B. M. 1929–122̍. || QR code label with unique ID NHMUK 010894392 (NHMUK).
Additional material examined
Angola. 1 male, Benguela Province, between Ganda and Dende, 1210 m, 13.129°S, 14.701°E, 25 March 2014, Naumann, S., Ott, E. Sulak, H. leg., gen. slide no. 28.948; 1 male, Cuanza Sul Province, 80 km E Quibala, 1352 m, 10.595°S, 15.644°E, Naumann, S., Ott, E. Sulak, H. leg., gen. slide no. RF 2021.887; 1 male, Huambo Province, East Catata, 1667 m, 13.399°S, 15.448°E, 25 November 2017, Naumann, S., Ott, E. Sulak, H. leg., gen. slide no. RF 773.2021, BOLD process ID: GWOUI372-21 (RCRF); 1 male, 12 miles SW of Luimbale, c. 5500 ft., 20–21 March 1972 (NHMUK). DRC. 1 male, Katanga, Ruwe, ii.1957, Allard, R.V. leg.; 1 male, Elisabethville, 30 March 1957, Seydel, C. leg.; 1 male, Kafakumba, September 1929, Overlaet, G.F. leg. (RMCA). Malawi. 3 males, Nkhorongo, suburb of Mzuzu, 1375 m, 11.383°S, 33.983°E, 5 December 2018, Murphy, R.J. leg. (RCMS). Tanzania. 3 males, Mpanda District, 55 km S Uvinza, Usondo Plateau, 1650 m, 9 November 1990, BjØrnstad, A. leg., gen. slide No 4147J Delorhachis (RCAB). Zambia. 9 males, 1 female, Kapishya Hot Springs, Shwa N̍gandu Estate, 1437 m, 11.170°S, 31.600°E, January–March 2016, Smith, R., Takano, H. leg., ANHRT:2017.29, gen. slide nos. TT 009, TT 075, LG 5718, LG 5768 DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00057466/ ANLMN7638-21, ANHRTUK00057400/ANLMN7635-21, ANHRTUK00057402/ANLMN7639- 21; 4 males, same site and collectors, December 2014, ANHRT:2017.29; 3 males, same site, 22 November–8 December 2015, Smith, R., Takano, H., Oram, D. leg., ZM-008 (ANHRT15), gen. slide no. TT 076, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00075109/ANLMN7634-21; 18 males, Zambia, Jiwundu Swamp, 1340 m, 11.865°″S, 25.556°E, 21–24 November 2014, Smith, R., Takano, H. leg., ANHRT:2017.12, gen. slide nos. TT 053, TT054, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190040/ ANLMN7637-21, ANHRTUK00190039/ANLMN7636-21; 14 males, Hillwood, Ikelenge (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1400 m, 11.267°S, 24.316°E, 23–30 November 2019, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L., Smith, R. leg., ANHRT:2019.25, gen. slide no. TT 044, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00121979/ANLMN7633-21; 2 males, Chimfunshi, Kafue River, Copperbelt Province, 1280 m, 12.357°S, 27.534°E, 19 November 14, Smith, R., Takano, H. leg.; 1 male, Nyangombe Falls (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1300 m, 11.807°S, 24.537°E, 15–17 November 2018, Aristophanous, M., Dérozier, V., Laszlo, G., Oram, D. leg., ANHRT:2018.40, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00067001/ ANLMN7632-21; 1 male, same site, 17–23 November 2019, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L., Smith, R. leg., ANHRT:2019.25; 1 male, Kasanka River Pontoon, Kasanka N.P., 1191 m, 12.573°S, 30.235°E, 2–4 December 2012, Smith, R., Takano, H. leg.; 1 male, Lake Wasa, Kasanka N.P., 1193 m, 12.555°S, 30.295°E, 5 December 2012, Smith, R., Takano, H. leg.; 1 male, Jan Fisher ̍s Farm, Chingola (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1365 m, 12.603° S, 27.930°E, 14–17 November 2019, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L. leg., ANHRT:2019.25; 1 female, Chitunta Plain (Miombo / Dambo mosaic), 1396 m, 11.487°S, 24.405°E, 29 November–4 December 2019, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L. leg., ANHRT:2019.25 (ANHRT); 1 male, N̍kana, Ellison, L. leg. (NHMUK).
description: Published as part of Taberer, Tabitha R., Fiebig, Ralf, Giusti, Alessandro & László, Gyula M., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Delorhachis Karsch 1896 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), pp. 54-129 in Journal of Natural History 57 (1 - 4) on page 73, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2157346, http://zenodo.org/record/7636801