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
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Eoophyla dentisigna
sp. n.
Type
locality:
Cameroon
,
Lolodorf
.
Imago (Fig. 49): Wingspan
15–18mm
. Head whitish; labial palpus segment 3 white, of equal length to segment 2 which is fulvous basally. Thorax brownish yellow, tegulae whitish. Forewing ground colour white; basal half of costa brown; an oblique brown subbasal fascia; a broad yellow fascia from middle of dorsum not reaching costa but curved to termen; a greyish blotch on dorsum beyond halfway; two white costal strigulae edged fuscous, separated by yellowish brown; a silver grey tornal spot; termen yellow edged with a series of black dots; cilia fuscous. Hindwing base white with an obscure fuscous fascia; a broad yellow antemedian fascia, followed by a white zone with fuscous scales near edges; two parallel fuscous subterminal lines; four black terminal eyespots, 1 small, each with a silver blue spot on the inner side, above each eyespot is a dark fuscous crescent, silver grey beyond eyespot 4, cilia pale fuscous. Legs whitish. Abdomen pale ochreous grey.
Male genitalia (Fig. 110): Uncus evenly tapered to a blunt apex; gnathos 5/6 uncus, digitate with several spines around apex; valva sides parallel, specialised seta arising from middle of terminal area of valva bearing a broad flat spade-shaped termen; juxta broad and short; aedeagus fairly wide then narrowed towards apex where is is clothed with fine spines.
Female genitalia (Fig. 161): ostium very wide, antrum long, gradually narrowing, sclerotised wrinkles near colliculum; corpus bursae slightly longer than antrum, a sclerotised plate at anterior end bearing a row of spines, one large spine is separate, posterior half of corpus bursae with sclerotised ridges in a herringbone pattern.
Tympanal organs: Venulae long and widely separated, very slightly closer together posteriorly.
Biology: Unknown, adults taken in iii, xii,
Distribution:
Congo
,
Cameroon
,
Sierra Leone
.
Material
examined:
Holotype
♀
Cameroon
|
Lolodorf
| L. Conradt|
BMNH
Pyralidae
slide 21342 (
BMNH
);
2 paratypes
:
1♀
“
CAMEROON
,
East Prov.
,
Dja Reserve
,
Schouam
:
Rock
, 18–19.04.93, K.V.N.
Maes
”,
1♀
"
CAMEROON
,
North
,
Kourouk Safari Camp
, near
Mayo Oldiri river
08°03´24"N
14°22´22"E
,
650m
.
MV light
14.v.2000
, K.V.N.Maes” (
KVNM
).
SIERRA LEONE
5 specimens
(
BMNH
)
;
CONGO
:
1♂
Brazzaville, slide No. 00523 (
MRAC
)
.