“…The newly recorded noctuid stem borer species in our study could possibly be endemic to Ethiopia. Similar studies conducted in sub‐Saharan Africa also confirmed the presence of a high rate of endemism in noctuid stem borers particularly in the genus Acrapex (Le Ru, Capdevielle‐Dulac, C., Musyoka, B. K., Goftishu, et al., ; Le Ru, Capdevielle‐Dulac, C., Musyoka, B. K., Pallangyo, B., Njaku, M., Goftishu, et al., ; Le Ru, Capdevielle‐Dulac, C., Musyoka, B. K., Pallangyo, B., Njaku, M., Kandonda, et al., ; Le Ru et al., ). As part of the Eastern Afromontane hotspot, the Ethiopian highlands are known for their high concentrations of endemic species (CEPF, ; Mittermeier et al., ; Williams et al., ).…”