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 riftella Baldizzone & van der Wolf , sp. nov. ( Fig. 8 ) Holotype ♂ ( GP Wf 9032 ) “ KENYA Rift Valley | Rumuruti 1800m | 0°20’N 36°35’E | 29.iv.2003 | D.J.L. Agassiz ”, coll. NHMUK . Paratypes : 1 ♂ ( GP Wf 10331) “ KENYA Rift Valley | Gilgil 2100m | 0°29’S 36°22’E | 3.ix.2006 | D.J.L. Agas- siz”, coll. NHMUK ; 1 ♂ ( GP Bldz 16645) “ KENYA Eastern | Lewa 2050m | 0°8’24.5”N 37°27’23.8”E | 1.xi.2013 | Agassiz, Beavan, Eckford & Larsen”, coll. NHMUK . Diagnosis . This species of predominantly ochre with a characteristic white band on the forewing and a small dot in the cell. It belongs to a group of species characterized by a strongly curved sacculus with a horn-shaped protuberance in the dorsal corner, i.e., C. terenaula Meyrick, 1927 , C. orphnoceros Meyrick, 1937 , C. corniapicella Baldizzone (in press), C. sneeubergensis Baldizzone (in press), known only from South Africa . From these related species, C. riftella sp. nov. it is distinguished by the white band in the middle of the forewing, and in the male genitalia by the shape of the phallotheca, with the longest of the juxta rods ending in a curved and slender point, and by the cornuti, more numerous and larger than the other species. FIGURES 31–35 . Male genitalia of C. riftella Baldizzone & van der Wolf , sp. nov . 31 , GP Bldz 16645. 32 , idem , abdominal segments 1–4. 33 , close-up of cornuti, GP Wf 9032, holotype. 34 , detail of valva, sacculus and phallotheca, GP Bldz 16645. 35 , same detail, GP Wf 10331. Description. Wingspan 13–14 mm . Head dorsally ochre, white above the eye. Antenna ringed ochre and light brown; scape brown on inner side, without tuft of erect scales. Labial palpus white, shaded with ochre, especially on external side; second segment about 0.5 as long as third. Proboscis of normal shape, slightly longer than labial palpus. Thorax light ochre. Tegula white, ochre on outer edge. Forewing ochre, streaked with white along veins and part of costa; a white band located along anal fold and a small brown spot in cell; costal fringe whitish, dorsal fringe light ochre. Hindwing light ochre grey, fringes of same colour. Abdomen dirty white. Male genitalia ( Figs. 31, 33–35 ): Gnathos knob globular. Tegumen very narrow in middle, pedunculus long and dilated. Transtilla short, oval, joined in center. Valvula small, subtriangular. Cucullus wide and short. Sacculus curved and thickened on ventral edge, expanded in form of a long curved horn at dorsal end. Phallotheca with two long and thin juxta rods, one slightly more curved, terminating apically with a thin curved tip. Cornuti clustered in a short structure with five small spines. Female genitalia: Unknown. Abdominal structures ( Fig. 32 ): No posterior lateral struts. Transverse strut slightly curved, thicker in central part of proximal edge. Tergal disk length about 4 times their width, covered by about 25 small spines. Bionomy. The early stages and the foodplant are unknown. Distribution. The species is known only from Kenya . Etymology. The name derives from the word “rift” as in Rift Valley.