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
Goniophysetis aarviki
sp. n.
Imago (fig. 10): Wingspan
19 mm
. Head white, maxillary palpus tufted, a small black dot laterally, labial palpus white, length equal to diameter of eye, antenna whitish. Thorax and tegulae white. Forewing white, a black dot on costa near base and another before halfway, a broad brown weakly defined antemedian fascia, some dark brown suffusion in dorsal half of wing before second weakly defined fascia, two blackish spots before termen near apex. Hindwing base white, a dark fuscous antenedian fascia, a secibd fascia comprising a pair of dark fuscous lines separated by whitish, surrounded by fuscous suffusion, termen white. Abdomen white with blackish spots on segments 3 and 5, further dark markings on 7.
Male genitalia: not examined.
Female genitalia: not known.
PLATE 1.
Hyperlais
,
Crambicybolomia
and
Goniophysetis
1.
H. squamosa
2.
H. xanthomista
3.
H. transversalis
4.
H. conspersalis
5.
C. ariditatis
6.
C. similis
7.
G. lactealis
8.
G. malgasellus
Diagnosis
:
Distinguished
by the white base of the hindwing followed by blackish median fascia in the dorsal half of the wing.
Life
history: not known.
Derivation
: after the name of the captor Leif Aarvik.
Distribution:
Known
only from the type locality in
Malawi
.
Type material:
Holotype
♂
Malawi
,
Southern Region
,
Mulanje District
,
Lujeri Tea Estate
,
Guest House
700m
9.ii.2004
L. Aarvik
(
NHMO
).