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 17277230-72bb-4500-8e53-1bd8e3ca6d74 1175­5334 6380783 E31EF0DC-825E-4D60-8AED-3127019CF8F0 Parapoynx ophiaula ( Meyrick, 1936 ) comb. n. Nymphula ophiaula Meyrick, 1936:8 Type locality: Lulua, Congo . Imago (Fig. 8): Wingspan 15–16mm . Head pale fuscous, labial palpus segment 2 darker on outside, antenna pale fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Forewing dark fuscous, base whitish dorsally; a blackish discal spot; white very oblique fascia from inner half of dorsum towards discal spot, then bent towards termen and continued to costa just before apex; a darker subterminal line; terminal cilia with a narrow line of blackish scales along termen. Hindwing white; a blackish subterminal line, stronger towards base; terminal cilia with a sequence of black dots or dashes of scales along termen. Abdomen banded fuscous and whitish, with a darker band aligned with the subterminal band of hindwing. Male genitalia (Fig. 87): Uncus long and slender, gently curved ventrally, setae only arising near base. Gnathos stout, 2/3 length of uncus, apically curved towards uncus ending in a blunt point. Valva simple, gently tapered towards apex, length almost 4 × width, a very small projection arising from inner surface of valva near base. Aedeagus simple, a small scobinate batch in vesica. Female genitalia (Fig. 137): Ostium 1/5 width of segment 8, ostial chamber finely spiculate, gently narrowed to colliculum. Ductus long, gradually widening towards corpus bursae; corpus ovate, signa comprising a pair of sclerotised longitudinal ridges, almost the whole length of corpus. Tympanal organs: Venulae extending from edge of segment 2, evenly curved outwards; tympani triangular. Diagnosis: Somewhat similar to P. fluctuosalis , but distinguished by the undulating white band along the length of the forewing and the lack of fasciae in the hindwing. Biology: Unknown. Adults taken i, ii, iii, v, vii, xii. Distribution: Known only from the south east of D.R. Congo and north west Zambia . Material examined: Lectotype ♀ designated by Maes (1996) , Belgian Congo , Lulua xii.1930 , 2 paralectotypes ♂ ( MRAC ), 1♀ ( BMNH ). D.R. CONGO : 1♂ Lulua , 1♀ Sandra , 2♂ Elisabethville , 1♂ Katentania ( MRAC ). ZAMBIA : 1♂ 1♀ Mwinilunga , Zambezi rapids ( NMB ), 1 without abdomen ( BMNH ).