New records of six moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Lasiocampidae) species in south African countries, with comments on their distribution

Southern Africa hosts a high diversity of ecosystems and habitats with tremendous diversity of Lepidoptera. Although it belongs among most studied parts of the Afrotropics, the knowledge on diversity and distribution of south African moth fauna remains insufficient. To partly fill this gap, we surveyed macromoths by automatic light traps in seven localities in three relatively less sampled south African countries.We reported 14 species and one genus (Remigioides) of moths which have not yet been recorded in Namibia, Botswana, or Zimbabwe. Although none of these records broadened the known distribution of individual species to a new biogeographic region, they still fill important gaps in their distribution. Especially, the known distributional ranges of two species have been substantially extended, although still within the same biogeographic regions: ca. 800 km southwards for Remigioides remigina (Mabille, 1884), and ca. 600 km westwards for Haplopacha cinerea Aurivillius, 1905.南部非洲拥有极高多样性的生态系统与栖息环境，同时鳞翅目（Lepidoptera）类群的多样性亦极为丰富。尽管南部非洲属于非洲热带界（Afrotropics）中研究程度较高的区域之一，但目前学界对南部非洲蛾类区系的多样性与分布格局仍缺乏足够认知。为部分填补这一研究空白，我们在三个采样强度相对较低的南部非洲国家的7个采样点，利用自动诱虫灯开展了大型蛾类调查。本次调查共记录了14个蛾类物种与1个属（Remigioides），这些类群此前在纳米比亚（Namibia）、博茨瓦纳（Botswana）及津巴布韦（Zimbabwe）均无分布记录。尽管本次记录未将任何单个物种的已知分布范围拓展至全新的生物地理区域，但仍填补了其分布数据中的重要空白。尤为关键的是，有两个物种的已知分布范围得到了显著拓展（仍处于同一生物地理区域内）：Remigioides remigina (Mabille, 1884) 的分布范围向南延伸了约800公里，Haplopacha cinerea Aurivillius, 1905 的分布范围则向西拓展了约600公里。