Descriptions of three new Sonitha Zolotuhin Prozorov, 2010 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Gastropachini) from West Africa in the collections of the African Natural History Research Trust, with taxonomic notes on the genus

Three new species of Sonitha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 are described from recently collected West African material housed in the African Natural History Research Trust: S. smithi sp. n., S. bryoniae sp. n. and S. laszloi sp. n. Taxonomic notes are provided for the hitherto poorly-delimited S. libera (Aurivillius, 1914) and S. chocolatina Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 with clear specific boundaries established for the two taxa.