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 beccarii
sp. n.
Imago (fig. 43): Wingspan
12 mm
.
Head and appendages pale buff, maxillary palpus <diameter of eye, labial palpus 2× diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae pale buff. Forewing pale buff, antemedian fascia an irregular fuscous line, postmedian fascia similar but more weakly defined. Hindwing whitish.
Male genitalia (fig. 76): Uncus rounded, gnathos also rounded, almost as long as uncus, valva with a pointed structure arising shortly before apex, base of vinculum with clusters of specialised setae, one of these which is broad is curled immediately before the tip. Aedeagus simple with a single cornutus bearing a central lateral protrusion.
Female genitalia: not examined.
Diagnosis: This species is characterised by the distinct genitalia of the male, with rounded uncus and saccus and a slender pre-apical spine on the valva.
Life history: not known.
Derivation; from the captor who obtained the
type
series.
Distribution:
Eritrea
.
Type material:
Holotype
Eritrea
,
Cardiai
17.xi.1905
N. Beccari
NHMUK 013698246.
Four
paratypes
, same data as holotype, NHMUK 013698246-013698250. one with BM
Pyralidae
Genitalia slide No. 21699
♂
.
Note: the
type
series comprises worn specimens with little in the way of features to define it.