The genus Palaeugoa Durante in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Abstract

The paper contains a review of six species of the genus Palaeugoa Durante, 2012 collected in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, north-eastern Republic of Congo, of which two are described as new species to science: Palaeugoa laszloi sp. n. and Palaeugoa ndoki sp. n. Three species, P. camerunensis (Strand, 1912), P. takanoi Volynkin & László, 2020, and P. asafis Volynkin & László, 2020, are reported from Republic of Congo for the first time and the hitherto unknown female of P. asafis is illustrated and diagnosed. Adults, male and female genitalia of all the species considered are illustrated.