Neomardara divergens Collenette, 1931 Figs 4–6, 13–14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 31) Neomardara divergens Collenette, 1931, Transactions of the entomological Society of London 79(2): 350. Type locality: [Zambia] NW Rhodesia, Solwezi. Holotype, male in coll. NHMUK. Type material examined. Holotype (Fig. 6). Male, [red ring label] “Type” // “N. W. Rhodesia: / Solwezi. / 1.xi.1917. / H.C. Dollman. / 1919-79” // [with handwritten] “ Neomardara / divergens, / Collenette. / Holotype.” // “Areole / present.”, QR code label with unique id.: NHMUK 014173319 (NHMUK). Additional material examined. Zambia. 1 male, Hillwood, Ikelenge (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1400m, S11°16’02”, E24°18’59”, 23–30.xi.2019, LepiLED Light Trap, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L. leg., ANHRT:2019.25, gen. slide No.: LG 6044; 1 male, Senka Hill, Mukulizi Forest Reserve, Muchinga Province, 1566m, 09°05’43”S, 32°05’06”E, 1–6.v.2019, MV Light Trap, Dérozier, V., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2019.12, gen. slide No.: LG 6045; 1 female, Nyangombe Falls, (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1300m, 11°48’25”S, 24°32’12”E, 17–23.xi.2019, MV Light Trap, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, R., Smith, R. leg., ANHRT:2019.25, gen. slide No.: LG 6052 (ANHRT). Distribution. Neomardara divergens is known to date from Zambia only, however, its occurrence in the Katanga plateau of the DRC is highly likely.

Published as part of László, Gyula M., 2023, A new Neomardara Hering, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo, pp. 26-37 in Ecologica Montenegrina 62 on page 35, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8029825