NOTES ON SYNONYMY OF AFRICAN LASIOCAMPIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA)

Eighteen new synonyms are established based on studying the type specimens: Beralade sobrina (Druce 1900) = Labea fulvostriata Pagenstecher 1903 syn. n., Catalebeda jamesoni Bethune-Baker 1908 = Catalebeda tamsi Hering 1932 syn. n., Gastroplakaeis folficulatus Moschler 1887 = Gastroplakaeis toroensis Bethune-Baker 1927 syn. n., Gastroplakaeis parinarii (Guerin-Meneville 1867) comb. n. = Gastroplakaeis schultzei Aurivillius 1905 syn. n. = Taragama punctifera Riel 1911 syn. n. = Gastroplakaeis flaveola Closs 1917 syn. n. = Gastroplakaeis agroeca Hering 1928 syn. n., Leipoxais emarginata Aurivillius 1911 = Leipoxais philopseudia Hering 1928 syn. n., Leipoxais major Holland 1893 = Leipoxais alazon Hering 1928 syn. n., Leipoxals obscura Aurivillius 1908 = Lasiocampa noctis Druce 1910 syn. n., Leipoxais strandi Aurivillius 1927 = Leipoxais dyaresta Hering 1928 syn. n. = Leipoxais castanea Tams 1929 syn. n., Leptometa sapelensis Aurivillius 1927 stat. n. = Leptometa irrorata Tams 1929 syn. n., Mallocampa audea Druce 1888 = Mallocampa jaensis Bethune-Baker 1927 syn. n., Pseudometa choba Druce 1899 = Glocia tenebra Bethune-Baker 1911 syn. n. = Pseudometa nigricans Aurivillius 1925 syn. n., Ptyssophlebia discocellularis (Strand 1912) comb. n. = Catalebeda elegans Aurivillius 1925 syn. n. = Ptyssophlebia avis Berio 1937 syn. n. Two subspecies were raised to a rank of species: Leptometa sapelensis Aurivillius 1927 stat. n. and Ptyssophlebia meridionalis (Tams 1936) stat. n. et comb.n. New combinations were found: Gastroplakaeis parinarii (Guerin-Meneville 1867) comb. n., Ptyssophlebia discocellularis (Strand 1912) comb. n., P. meridionalis (Tams 1936) stat. n. et comb. n., and P. intermedia (Aurivillius 1925) comb. n. Lectotypes were specified for Leipoxais strandi Aurivillius 1927 and Leipoxais major Holland 1893, and a neotype, for Lasiocampa parinarii Guerin-Meneville 1867.