The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa
Author
Agassiz, David
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-08-09
5174
2
101
156
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5174.2.1
1175-5326
6986011
FDA769F6-538A-4E07-8166-684850930C16
Trichophysetis vumbensis
sp. n.
Imago (fig. 14): Wingspan
22 mm
. Head whitish, maxillary palpus tufted, labial palpus blackish 1.5× diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae whitish. Forewing ground colour creamy white, a black subbasal spot near dorsum, pale fuscous double curved antemedian fascia, outer line blackish in middle, lunule white, postmedian fascia also curved, double, a further curved fascia beyond, terminal area with some pale fuscous suffusion especially near costa, an irregular subterminal line enclosing a whitish area towards apex, terminal line fuscous, a fuscous line in fringe. Hindwing with double antemedian fascia conspicuous, a further fuscous fascia matching forewing markings.
Male genitalia: not known.
Female genitalia: not examined.
Diagnosis: Distinguished by the white area on the forewing close to the subterminal line.
Derivation: Named after the
type
locality
Vumba
{
Bvumba
} in the
Eastern Highlands
of
Zimbabwe
.
Life history: not known.
Type material:
Holotype
Vumba Mts
,
Umtali Dist.
7 &
10.iii.1976
D.M. Kroon
(
TMSA
).