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
Ptychopseustis fuscalis
sp. n.
Imago (fig. 42): Wingspan
20 mm
. Head and appendages pale fuscous, maxillary palpus ¾ diameter of eye, labial palpus porrect, 2.5 × diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae pale fuscous. Forewing pale fuscous with a suffusion of darker scales, irregular antemedian fascia dark fuscous meeting costa with a blackish spot at ⅓, postmedian fascia similar meeting costa at 4/5, disc paler with fuscous scales distally, termen sinuate below apex with double fuscous line, fringe with a further fuscous line. Hindwing pale fuscous, an evenly curved postmedian fascia, as series of dark fuscous spots along termen, fringe with a fuscous line. Abdomen pale fuscous. hind leg with large dark fuscous tuft.
Male genitalia: not known.
Female genitalia (fig.105): Ostial chamber cylindrical, ductus long widening before corpus bursae, an arc shaped sclerite at junction of ductus and corpus bursae, large membranous bulla on side of corpus bursae.
Diagnosis: Distinguished from other species in the genus by the termen being strongly sinuate below apex and the uniform pale fuscous colouration.
Life history: not known.
Derivation: from the colour of the wings.
Distribution:
Tanzania
.
Type material:
Holotype
♀
TANZANIA
:
Arumeru Distr. Usa River
1170 m
19.vii.1991
leg
L. Aarvik
(
NHMO
)
.
Paratype
♀
TANZANIA
,
Arusha
N.P.
Momela Rd.
5300 ft
3° 16’ 17” S
36° 50’ 57” E
9.v.2001
D.J.L. Agassiz
(
DJLA
)
.