Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse, 1877)

Epistictia inornata Waterhouse, 1877: 229 (ST in BMNH).

Metriopepla inornata: Weise, 1905 d: 334; Spaeth, 1909 d: 267, 1911: 241, 1914 g: 19, 1919 a: 184, 1924: 280, 1934 b: 382; Borowiec, 1994 a: 31, 1999 d: 77; Grobbelaar and Chaboo, 2008: 134-136 (bionomy, colour figs).

Metriopepla lividula Fairmaire, 1882: 57 (HT! in MNHN!); Kolbe, 1898: 343; Weise, 1905 d: 334 (as syn. of inornata); Spaeth, 1911: 240, 1914 g: 20.

Epistictia quadripunctata Linell, 1895: 696 (TE in USNM); Spaeth, 1909: 267 (as syn. of inornata).

Host plant: Bignoniaceae: Kigelia africana (Grobbelaar and Chaboo, 2000).

Distr.: inornata: Lake Nyassa; Zambesi; lividula: not given (Afric. Centr. on holotype label); quadripunctata: Jombene Range. Ethiopia; Ivory Coast; Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa; Tanzania; SE Zaire, Zambia.

figure: habitus in colour (two forms)

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