Sesamia monodi Rungs 1963
Creators: name: Hévin, Noémie M. C.
name: Kergoat, Gael J.
name: Zilli, Alberto
name: Capdevielle-Dulac, Claire
name: Musyoka, Boaz K.
name: Sezonlin, Michel
name: Conlong, Desmond
name: Van Den Berg, Johnnie
name: Ndemah, Rose
name: Le Gall, Philippe
name: Cugala, Domingos
name: Nyamukondiwa, Casper
name: Pallangyo, Beatrice
name: Njaku, Mohamedi
name: Goftishu, Muluken
name: Assefa, Yoseph
name: Kandonda, Onésime Mubenga
name: Bani, Grégoire
name: Molo, Richard
name: Chipabika, Gilson
name: Ong'amo, George
name: Clamens, Anne-Laure
name: Barbut, Jérôme
name: Le Ru, Bruno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Sesamia
Sesamia monodi

description: Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963
Figures 2 S – U; 3 F, M; 6
Sesamia monodi – Rungs (1963: 69, figs 2, 3), Poole (1989: 908 [catalogue]).
Type material.
Type ♂, [SENEGAL], Dakar, IFAN 1952, 31. VII. 1952, A. Villiers, preparation N ° IFAN 2 CH. Rungs P. (MNHN).
Diagnosis.
(See also the identification key of calamistis species subgroup, section 3.3. 2.). This species can be distinguished from the other known members of the calamistis subgroup by the combination of the following characters of the male genitalia: vinculum u-shaped at the outer margin, w-shaped at the inner margin with an indentation, with a large saccus; apical extension of the sacculus very short compared to the cucullus; juxta pointed inferiorly, the sides rounded, the superior plate bifid; vesica with a semi-circular large cornutus.
Description.
(Fig. 3 S – U). The species has been accurately described in great detail by Rungs (1963). — Forewing length: male 24.0 mm (N = 1). — Male genitalia (Fig. 3 F, M). Although already partly described by Rungs (1963), we provide here a complete description. Tegumen with large peniculi; vinculum u-shaped at the outer margin, w-shaped at the inner margin with an indentation, with a large saccus. Valve with sacculus and cucullus separate; costa short and narrow, heavily sclerotized, ending with a thick and long straight spine, with an apical tooth; sacculus heavily sclerotized rounded at base with a thick and short apical extension nipple-shaped, very short compared to the cucullus, adorned with some stout spines; cucullus long, weakly sclerotized, very clavate at apex, with scattered and papillated hairs; juxta pointed inferiorly, the sides rounded, the superior plate bifid; uncus angled and stout at base, narrowed in distal part, pointed at apex, tufted with long hairs on upper side; phallus shown in Fig. 2 M poorly prepared, damaged; lamina ventralis not visible; vesica with a semi-circular large cornutus.
Distribution.
Senegal. Known from a single locality belonging to the ‘ lowland rain forest and secondary grassland’ (Mosaic # 11 a) vegetation mosaic (White 1983) (Fig. 6) belonging to the Sudanian bioregion (sensu Linder et al. 2012).
Ecology.
Unknown.
description: Published as part of Hévin, Noémie M. C., Kergoat, Gael J., Zilli, Alberto, Capdevielle-Dulac, Claire, Musyoka, Boaz K., Sezonlin, Michel, Conlong, Desmond, Van Den Berg, Johnnie, Ndemah, Rose, Le Gall, Philippe, Cugala, Domingos, Nyamukondiwa, Casper, Pallangyo, Beatrice, Njaku, Mohamedi, Goftishu, Muluken, Assefa, Yoseph, Kandonda, Onésime Mubenga, Bani, Grégoire, Molo, Richard, Chipabika, Gilson, Ong'amo, George, Clamens, Anne-Laure, Barbut, Jérôme & Le Ru, Bruno, 2024, Revisiting the taxonomy and molecular systematics of Sesamia stemborers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): updated classification and comparative evaluation of species delimitation methods, pp. 447-501 in Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 82 on pages 447-501, DOI: 10.3897/asp.82.e113140