Two new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Sudan and Ethiopia Author Yakovlev, Roman V. 18B1DBFC-045D-4FDB-A872-F32854180441 Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina pr. 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. & Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia. yakovlev_asu@mail.ru Author Witt, Thomas J. C13CF2AA-AA3B-4B13-B1DF-DE8DCCD54C57 Museum Witt, Tengstrasse 33, D- 80796, Munich, Germany. thomas@witt-thomas.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2016 2016-11-03 240 1 8 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2016.240 9c76dbec-95a8-4802-aca2-ecdc9d4a82c2 2118-9773 3850275 Afroarabiella sulaki sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B4ACF01C-2639-4A5E-A9B8-7B296CCFEBAB Figs 10, 12 , 14 , 16. Diagnosis By external characters Afroarabiella sulaki sp. nov. can be confused with A. tahamae , but differs from it by the following features: the grey costal margin of the fore wing, the longer transtilla process, the long needle-like cornutus and the phallus smoothly curved in its basal third. Etymology The new species is named after the German lepidopterist Harald Sulak (Munich). Material examined Holotype SUDAN : ♂ , env. SE Bahr al Azraq , Wad Madini , 540 m , 14º25.069 N , 33º37.553 E , 28 Mar. 2010 , leg. Harald Sulak (Museum Witt, Munich; GenPr Heterocera MWM 25.289 ). Paratype SUDAN : 1 ♂ , Province of Nahr on the Nile , 390 m , 16º25.189 N , 33º14.575 E , 20 Mar. 2010 , leg. Harald Sulak (Museum Witt, Munich). Description Male EXTERNAL CHARACTERS. Length of fore wing 11 mm , wingspan 22 mm . Front and patagia ochre-brown. Antennae bipectinate. Thorax grey. Abdomen pale yellow. Fore wing wide with rounded apex; pattern of thin undulated transverse lines; costal margin of wing grey, pale yellow portion in discal area; dim pale brown fields with blurry outline in post-discal area; hind margin of wing, submarginal and marginal areas greyish-brown; marginal band thin ( 0.5 mm ), pale yellow with even edges; fringe pale brown, unicolorous. Hind wing pale yellow with poorly expressed pattern of rare grey strokes; fringe pale yellow. MALE GENITALIA. Uncus long, edges almost parallel, apex rounded; gnathos arms rather thick, of middle length; gnathos poorly sclerotized, covered with small spines; valve with wide base, gradually tapering caudally, with wide rounded poorly sclerotized apex; area of expressed sclerotization on costal margin of valve from base to middle; transtilla process hook-likely bent, thin, with wide base and tapered apex; juxta large, saddle-lake, with two lateral processes; lateral process of juxta large, elongated, edges parallel, apex rounded; saccus of middle size, semicircular; phallus slightly shorter than valve, with thick base and strong caudal tapering (apex tapered), slightly curved in basal third; vesica aperture in dorsal-apical position, in length about ¼ of phallus; vesica with long needle-like cornutus, located along phallus axis. Female Unknown. Remarks The paratype is a little smaller. Length of fore wing 10 mm . Distribution Sudan (Provinces Al Jazirah and Nahr an Nil ). Flight period March.