On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (III). New or little known species from Central and Oriental Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) Author Baldizzone, Giorgio 0000-0001-8127-0843 Via Manzoni, 24, 1 - 14100 Asti, Italy baldizzonegiorgio@gmail.com Author Van Der Wolf, Hugo W. Wermersland 22, NL- 5673 PT Nuenen, The Neatherlands h.vanderwolf@outlook,com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-09 4763 2 151 174 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.1 da55c113-c729-427c-81c9-ec2866160d62 1175-5334 3756083 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A2541EDB-A6B4-4974-BFED-9C70312320B2 Coleophora centrafricana Baldizzone & van der Wolf , sp. nov. ( Fig. 7 ) Holotype ♂ ( GP Bldz 15289 ) “ KENYA : Rift Valley | Kajiado North Dist | Masai Lodge, 1665m | 1°23’4”S 36°49’51”E | 28.xi.2010 , D. Agassiz & L. Aarvik ”, coll. NHMUK . Paratypes : 1 ♂ ( GP Wf 5434) “ KENYA Samburu Nat. P. | Serena Lodge 925 m | 15-II-1989 at light | Leg. R. Schouten 64” “nr. River, shrubs, grass, Acacia trees”, ex coll Wf, coll. Bldz; 1 ♂ ( GP Wf 8954) “ TANZANIA Aru- meru Distr.: Usa River 1170 m | 28.VII.1991 | leg. L. Aarvik”, ex coll. Wf, coll. Bldz. Diagnosis . In Coleophora centrafricana the forewing costa is brown and white, with the habitus similar to that of many African species. The male genitalia resemble those of C. textoria Meyrick, 1921 ( Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2015 ), with obvious differences: in C. centrafricana sp. nov. , the seta on the dorsal edge of the valvula is much shorter, the sacculus has a much more evident and less triangular and sharp protuberance than that of C. textoria , and the cornuti are much more numerous and smaller, grouped in a longer and thinner row. FIGURES 24–26 . Female genitalia of C. giustii Baldizzone & van der Wolf , sp. nov . 24 , GP Bldz 16643. 25 , idem , detail of sterigma. 26 , abdominal segments 1–4. Description. Wingspan 11 mm . Head white. Antenna white, weakly ringed with light-ochre; scape ochre on inner side and white on external side, with a tuft of short scales of same colour. Labial palpus white on inner side, ochre on external side; second segment as long as third. Proboscis short, of normal shape. Thorax white. Tegula whitish ochre. Forewing brown, slightly lighter between anal fold and dorsum; a narrow white costal line that does not reach apex; fringes light brown. Hindwing very light brown with fringes of same colour. Abdomen brown. Male genitalia ( Figs. 27–29 ): Gnathos knob small, oval. Tegumen elongated, pedunculus long. Transtilla short, thin, slightly curved. Valvula large, oval, with curved dorsal edge, bearing a robust seta. Cucullus long, narrower at base, club-shaped. Sacculus narrow and broad, with curved ventral border and lateral expansion bearing a sharp tooth. Phallotheca elongated, conical, with a thin line more sclerotized and jagged in dorsal part; vesica very long and thin. Cornuti numerous, in shape of small spines clustered in a long row. Abdominal structures ( Fig. 30 ): No posterior lateral struts. Transverse strut narrow, slightly curved. Tergal disk about 3.5 times as long as wide, covered with about 25 conical spines. Female genitalia: Unknown. Bionomy. The early stages and the foodplant are unknown. Distribution. The species is known from Kenya and Tanzania . Etymology. The name derives from Central Africa.