The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa Author Agassiz, David J. L. The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD D.Agassiz@nhm.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2012 2012-09-21 3494 1 73 journal article 55841 10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1 17277230-72bb-4500-8e53-1bd8e3ca6d74 1175­5334 6380783 E31EF0DC-825E-4D60-8AED-3127019CF8F0 Eoophyla scioxantha (Meyrick, 1937) comb. n. Argyractis scioxantha Meyrick, 1937: 101 . Type locality: D.R. Congo , Lubumbasha . Imago (Fig. 68): Wingspan 15–20mm . Head pale ochreous; labial palpus pale ochreous, segment 3 longer than 2, a tuft of brown scales beneath; proboscis long, ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous white. Forewing ground colour yellow; obscure oblique antemedian fascia of grey and brown scales; brown spots on costa making the sides of an isosceles triangle, filled grey dorsally, wedge shaped pre-apical strigula filled grey; trapezoidal grey blotch on dorsum beyond middle; silver-grey tornal spot; cilia fuscous. Hindwing base white brownish centrally, broad yellow fascia containing silver-grey tornal spot, outer half of median area sprinkled with fuscous scales; wavy double subterminal line; four terminal eye spots: 1 preceded by silver grey spot, 1, 2, and 3 followed by ochreous wedge, 4 small containing silver grey spot; termen yellow beyond 4. Legs pale yellow, fuscous on and below joints of foreleg. Abdomen pale yellow. Male genitalia (Fig. 128): Uncus short, tapered; gnathos ¾ length of uncus, tapered to a blunt point with several teeth, especially on the dorsal surface; valva broad and short, a process near apex from which arise 3–4 specialised setae, one of these has a broad tip with brush of spines descending from it; juxta straight sided with spines on either side. Aedeagus simple, some sclerotisation around tip. Sternum 8 (Fig. 128c) with a plate narrowed posteriorly from which there is a central projection. Female genitalia (Fig. 177): Ostium and antrum wide, gently narrowing to colliculum; corpus bursae twice length of antrum, signum a weakly sclerotised band, there is also a small plate. Tympanal organs: Venulae widely divergent towards tympani. Diagnosis: Distinguished by the large areas of yellow in the forewing, and the subterminal line of the hindwing closely following the inner edge of the eyespots. Biology: Unknown. Distribution: Congo , D.R. Congo , Zambia , South Africa . Material examined: Holotype ♀ D.R. CONGO , Elizabethville , February, C. Seydel . D.R. CONGO : 15♂ 34♀ Lubumbashi [ Elizabethville ]( MRAC ) ; CONGO : Brazzaville 3♀ ( TMMA ) ; SOUTH AFRICA : 1♂ Modderpoort , 1♂ Buffelspoort ( TMP ) ; ZAMBIA : 1♂ Mpala , 1♀ Mpelka ( BMNH ) .