Macarostola noellineae Vari 2002

6. Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002 (Figs 3, 63) Macarostola noellineae Vári, 2002: xi Material. 1 ♀, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, Magalieskop mn 22/xi/2014, em 08/xii/2014, Syzygium cordatum, A. & I. Sharp leg. (rearing M493a) CLV7575, slide TRB4450 ♀. Biology. This species, whose biology was unknown to date, was bred on Syzygium cordatum (Myrtaceae) (Fig. 63). Distribution. South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal. New record for Limpopo. DNA barcodes. DNA amplification of the specimen failed (SOURE 019-19). Remarks. The other South African species, M. flora, has a lighter crimson coloration and a distinct pattern of yellow notches (see pl. 1, fig. 1 in Vári 1961).