taxonID	type	description	language	source
038887CCFFB8074F91427F3BFAB964CC.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Phalaena pyrausta Pallas, 1771	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFB8074F91427C79FAED6659.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ♀, Namibia, Karibib, Otjipatera Mts., Etusis Lodge, 1086 m, 22 º 10.770 ′ S; 15 ° 44.221 ′ E, 18 – 21. iii. 2022, leg. W. Mey; 6 ♂ 2 ♀, Namibia, Etendeka Plateau, Palmwag Lodge, 26. ii. 2008, leg. W. Mey (MfN). Remarks: This species was described from Namibia, Owamboland. There are several specimens from different localities in RSA preserved in the DMNH, which indicates a wider distribution of the species in southern Africa.	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFB8074D91427DEEFDF36480.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀, Ethiopia, Äthiopien / Addis-Abeba, 20. ix. 1981 leg. P. Angenstein (MfN) Paratypes: 11 ♂ 18 ♀, Ethiopia, Harena Forest, 11. x. 2013, 2307 m, 6 ° 12.983 ′ N; 39 ° 43.570 ′ E, leg. D. Wiersbowsky, genitalia slide Mey 02 / 14 (MfN, coll. Shovkoon); 2 ♂ 1 ♀, same locality and data, 06 ° 42 ′ N; 39 ° 43 ′ E, leg. D. Stadie (MfN); 2 ♂ 1 ♀ South Ethiopia, Goba, 10 – 11. iv. 2018, 3080 m, leg. R. Keller (coll. Keller); 2 ♂ 2 ♀, Ethiopia, Bale Mountain Lodge, 11 – 12. iv. 2018, 3080 m, leg. R. Keller (coll. R. Keller); 1 ♀, same locality and data, leg. Moosburg, Beck, Dietl, Zuleger, Abdurahin, Merese, genitalia slide Mey 23 / 20 (MfN); 2 ♂, same locality, 11 – 12. iv. 2018, 2240 m, leg. Moosburg, Beck, Dietl, Zuleger, Abdurahin, Merese, genitalia slide Mey 25 / 20 (MfN). Description. Adult female (Fig. 1). Length of forewing 12 – 14 mm, wingspan 25 – 30 mm. Head white-grey, labial palpi ascending, white-grey, second and third segments with two black rings, terminal segment acute; antenna black. Proboscis long, basally scaled, apically lined laterally with small, elongate papillae. Thorax grey-white, patagiae and tegulae with black spots basally; mesonotum with five black spots. Legs white, tibiae and tarsi with black rings. Forewings white-grey, with characteristic black pattern (Fig. 1), hindwings grey-brown, underside of wings uniformly dark brown, frenular bristles black. Male with corresponding wing pattern, hindwing with long, brown costal brush. Male genitalia (Figs 2, 3 a, 4 – 5): Tegumen straight, elongate. Uncus broad basally, bilobed apically. Caudal part of gnathos with thorns, oral part with two lobes equipped with long, apical spines and short basal denticules. Vinculum short, as a thin half-ring. Labis short, triangular. Valva elongate, basal process on inner side thin, costa broad, cucullus claviform. Juxta short, anellus sclerotised, phallic apparatus with spiral base, manica bilobed at apex enclosing tubular phallic apparatus, vesica with bundle of spine-like cornuti. Female genitalia (Fig. 6): Papillae anales long, fused basally, apophyses posteriors as long as papillae anales. Segment VIII without apophyses, sterigma with rectangular lamella antevaginalis and pair of small sclerites as lamella postvaginalis. Ostium bursae membranous, antrum weakly sclerotised. Ductus bursae long, lamellate, somewhat coiled. Bursa copulatrix spherical and with appendix bursae. Signum large, with large and small teeth on inner side. characters to the preceding species are depicted in Figs 3, 6, 7 – 9. Etymology: Named in memory of Dr. Peter Angenstein, the first collector of this species. He was a German entomologist (01. iv. 1938 – 23.9.2000) from Magdeburg, who worked in Ethiopia as phytopathologist in a cooperation project between Ethiopia and the DDR. He collected Lepidoptera in his spare time, mainly around Addis Abeba from 1980 – 1982. His collection, including Ethiopian material, is deposited in the MfN, Berlin. Remarks: According to external characters the new species is very similar to E. iphicrates Meyrick, 1922. The new species differs by the grey ground colour of the forewings in contrast to the white ground colour of E. iphicrates (Fig. 7). In the male genitalia both species differ in the structure of the gnathos and in the apex of the manica (Figs 8 – 9). In the female genitalia, the new species has a distinct lamella antevaginalis, whereas in E. iphicrates the ostium is surrounded by the flat venter of segment VIII (Fig. 6 d). In Ethiopia both species occur sympatrically.	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBA074D92F97C7EFD66695F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (Figs 7 – 9): 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Ethiopia, Addis-Abeba, 27 – 28. viii. 1981, genitalia slide Mey 01 / 14, leg. P. Angenstein; 1 ♂, Ethiopia, Harena Forest, 11. x. 2013, 2307 m, 6 ° 12.983 ′ N; 39 ° 43.570 ′ E, leg. D. Stadie, genitalia in glycerine vial; 1 ♂ 2 ♀, same locality, leg. D. Wiersbowsky; 1 ♀, Ethiopia, Bale Mountain Lodge, 11 – 12. iv. 2018, 3080 m, leg. Moosburg, Beck, Dietl, Zuleger, Abdurahin, Merese, genitalia slide Mey 25 / 20; 1 ♀, Ethiopia, Oromia, 6.5 km NE Shebe, 2125 m, 07 ° 32.02 ′ N; 36 ° 33.58 ′ E, 29. x. 2010; 1 ♂, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, Chogoria Forest Station, 06. x. 2001, 1650 m, leg. L. Kühne; 5 ♂ 7 ♀, Kenya, Kakamega Forest, primary forest, 1600 m, 0 ° 21.34 ′ N 34 ° 59.31 ′ E, light trap 1, 04 – 27. ii. 2004, leg. F. Namu, (all in MfN). Remarks: This is the first record of the species from Ethiopia (cf. Tujuba et al. 2019). The distinguishing	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBA074C91427DE8FB826024.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (Figs 10 – 11): 2 ♂, Tanzania, Iringa Province, Little Ruaha River campsite, 1562 m, S 7 ° 47.897 ′ E; 35 ° 47.880 ′, 07. v. 2004, leg. P. Darge (coll. Shovkoon); 5 ♂, Zimbabwe, Masvingo, Kyle National Park, 01 – 04. xii. 1993, leg. W. Mey & K. Ebert (MfN); 1 ♀, Namibia, Caprivi, Mudumu National Park, Nakatwa, 08 – 13. iii. 1992, leg. W. Mey; 1 ♀, Namibia, Tsumeb, Otavi Mts., Varianto Farm, 1550 m, 19 ° 23.01 ′ S; 17 ° 43.57 ′ E, 29. iii – 01. iv. 2003, leg. W. Mey; 3 ♂, Namibia, Otjiwarongo, Mt. Etjo, 1700 m, 21 ° 15 ′ S 16 ° 50 ′ E, 14. iii. 2005, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 85 / 11; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Namibia, Otjiwarongo, Farm Abachaus, 20. iv. 2013, leg. H. Hobohm; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Namibia, 60 km N Gobabis, Sandveld, BIOTA observatory, 22 – 26. i. 2007, leg. W. Mey (all in MfN); 1 ♂, Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, leg. R. Monteiro, genitalia slide Mey 86 / 11 (MfN); 2 ♂, RSA, “ E. Transvaal / White River / A. T. Cooke S. V. ” (MfN); 1 ♂, RSA, Pretoria, 30. ii. 1978, leg. Endrödy, S. (HNHM); 3 ♂, 1 ♀, RSA, Mpumalanga, Meyerton, Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Kareekloof, 04 – 05. iii. 1995, leg. H. W. van der Wolf (HNHM); 2 ♂, RSA, Western Cape, Beaufort West, Karoo National Park, 13 – 15. x. 2005, leg. H. W. van der Wolf (HNHM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, RSA, KwaZulu-Natal, Weenen G. R., 28 ° 50 ′ 43 ′′ S; 29 ° 59 ′ 13 ″ E, 950 m, 01. xii. 2011, leg. V. A. Anikin (coll. Shovkoon); 2 ♂, RSA, Limpopo, Soutpansberg, Ingwe Ranch, 14 – 15. xi. 1999, leg. W. Mey (MfN); 4 ♂, RSA, Eastern Cape, Asante Sana game farm, Glen Haven, 1380 m, 03. iii. 2014, leg. W. Mey (MfN). Remarks: The forewings show the typical black and white pattern of the group (Fig. 10). The male genitalia exhibit a certain variation in the form of the caudal and oral parts of the gnathos, and also in the apex of the manica and annellus (Fig. 11). Material examined: 5 ♂ 7 ♀, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, Chogoria Forest Station, 06. x. 2001, 1650 m, leg. L. Kühne; 2 ♂, Kenya, Kakamega Forest, primary forest, 1600 m, 0 ° 21.34 ′ N; 34 ° 59.31 ′ E, light trap 1, 24. iii. 2002, leg. L. Kühne (all in MfN).	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBB074C9142794CFC0A6456.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 2 ♀, Ethiopia, Province Gamogofa, 10.5 km W Weyto, 650 m, 05 ° 26.06 ′ N; 36 ° 35.33 ′ E, 10. v. 2008, leg. H. Hacker & H. - P. Schreier; 1 ♂, Ethiopia, Southern Province, W Bonga, 2050 m, 07 ° 17.00 ′ N 36 ° 07.58 ′ E, 01. xi. 2010, leg. H. Hacker & H. - P. Schreier; 1 ♂, Djibouti, Goba Mts., Ditilou Valley, Wadi, 390 m, 11 ° 47 ′ N; 42 ° 43 ′ E, 17. ii. 2015, leg. D. Stadie; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Kenya, Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, 1600 m, 0 ° 21.34 ′ N; 34 ° 59.31 ′ E, 15. ii. 2002, light trap, leg. F. N. Namu; 1 ♂, Namibia, Windhoek, Safari Hotel, at the lights, 12. ii. 2008, leg. W. Mey; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Namibia, Gamsberg, Corona Farm and Lodge, 1180 m, 23 ° 23.393 ′ S; 016 ° 09.620 ′ E, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, RSA, Eastern Cape, Asante Sana game farm, light trap, 1050 m, 13. xi. 2012, leg. W. Mey (all in MfN).	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBB074C91427811FB366272.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ♀, Uganda, Kibale National Park, Biological Field Station, 1500 m, 00 ° 32.419 ′ N; 30 ° 21.772 ′ E, 19 – 24. xi. 2014, at the lights, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 48 / 23 (MfN).	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBB074C91427B19FBCA632F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 2 ♂, Kenya, Kakamega Forest, Byango Hill, 600 m, light trap 1, 14 – 17. x. 2001, leg. L. Kühne; 5 ♂ 5 ♀, Uganda, Kibale National Park, Biological Field Station, 1500 m, 00 ° 32.419 ′ N; 30 ° 21.772 ′ E, 19 – 24. xi. 2014, at the lights, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 48 / 23 (MfN). (all in MfN).	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBB074C91427F37FB5264BA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 2 ♂, Angola, Benguela Province, road Catengu-Cubal, 827 m, 13 ° 0 ′ 19.1 ″ S; 13 ° 48 ′ 13.6 ″ E, leg. S. Naumann, E. Ott & H. Sulak (MfN).	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBB074A91427C4AFEF961C9.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: ♂, Djibouti, Goba Mts., Ditilou Valley, Wadi, 390 m, 11 ° 47 ′ N; 42 ° 43 ′ E, 17. ii. 2015, leg. D. Stadie, genitalia slide Mey 46 / 23 (MfN) Paratypes: 1 ♂, 3 ♀, same data as holotype, female genitalia slide Mey 47 / 23 (MfN); Description. Adult male (Fig. 12): Length of forewing 9.0 – 9.5 mm, wingspan 18 – 19 mm. Head pale yellow-grey, labial palpi ascending, yellow-grey, second segment with brown patch on outer side, basal segment with long scales on ventral side, terminal segment acute; antenna dark brown, with short cilia ventrally, much shorter in females, scaled dorsally in basal third. Proboscis long and broad, basally scaled. Thorax grey, tegulae and patagia without black spots; mesonotum with five black spots. Legs grey. Forewings grey, with characteristic position of three black spots, two in fold, one at end of cell (Fig. 12); wing margin without spots; hindwings pale grey, without hair pencil, underside of wings uniformly pale brown, one (♂) or three (♀) brown frenular bristles. Abdomen light brown, without spots, tuft of scales on segment VIII yellow-grey. short, phallic apparatus with spiral base, manica tubular, enclosing apical tubular phallic apparatus, vesica without cornuti. Female genitalia (Fig. 16): Papillae anales long, close together basally, apophyses posteriores short, barely half the length of papillae anales. Segment VIII without apophyses, sterigma with circular lamella antevaginalis and three parallel concave sclerites as lamella postvaginalis. Ostium bursae membranous, antrum weakly sclerotised. Ductus bursae long and thin, coiled. Bursa copulatrix dumbbell-like, without appendix bursae. Signum large, with large and small teeth on inner side. Male genitalia (Figs 13 – 15): Tegumen short and broad. Uncus a rounded plate with weak emarginations on lateral margins. Caudal part of gnathos plate-like, distally protruding and slightly upcurved, without thorns; oral part with two e longate lobes each with bundle of long, apical spines. Vinculum short, as a thin half-ring. Labis short, triangular, fused with transtilla. Valva elongate, basal process on inner side lobe-like, membranous, costa thin, cucullus elongate, bent dorso-mediad, apex acute. Juxta Remarks: Within the wursteri group, the new species resembles in the male genitalia E. wursteri Amsel, 1956 described from Jordan and E. infelix Meyrick, 1914 described from “ Mesopotamia ” (= Iraq). The latter species has many spines on the margins of the oral part of the gnathos, whereas these are reduced to an apical bundle in E. stadieana sp. nov. In the female genitalia, the papillae anales are not fused basally as in E. wursteri. Externally, the new species differs from other members of the group by the uniform grey colour of the forewings and by the absence of apical spots at the termen of forewings. Etymology: The species is named in honour of Dirk Stadie (Eisleben) who collected the type series of the new species. ditreta- species group	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBD074A92F97AB6FC106548.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: ♀, Namibia, Erongo, Great Spitzkoppe, 21 ° 48.715 ′ S; 15 ° 10.404 ′ E. 09. x. 2007, leg. W. Mey (MfN) Paratypes: 1 ♀, same data as holotype; 1 ♀, RSA, Numees, Richtersveld National Park, Hellskloof Gate, BIOTA Observatory Numees, 09 – 12. x. 2007, leg. W. Mey (MfN); short apophyses, sterigma without distinct lamellae. Ostium bursae membranous, antrum weakly sclerotised. Ductus bursae long, coiled. Bursa copulatrix elongate, appendix bursae absent. Signum large, with large and small teeth on inner side. Remarks: In external appearance and size the new species is similar to E. ditreta Meyrick, 1920. The main differences are the arrangement and number of black spots on the forewings with five in E. hermannstaudei sp. nov. and only two in E. ditreta. The male is still undescribed. Judging from the two known localities, the new species seems to be an endemic of the Western Escarpment in Namibia. Etymology: The new species is named in honour of Hermann Staude (Magaliesburg) in recognition of his tremendous efforts in the study and research on African Lepidoptera. Description. Adult female (Fig. 17): Length of forewing 8 – 8.5 mm, wingspan 15 – 16 mm. Head pale yellow-grey, labial palpi ascending, uniformly yellow-grey, basal segment with long scales on ventral side, terminal segment acute; antenna dark brown, sparsely scaled dorsally. Proboscis long and broad, basally scaled. Thorax grey, tegulae with a black spot basally; patagia and mesonotum without spots. Legs grey. Forewings grey, with characteristic position of black spots, one at base of A 1, two in fold, two at end of cell (Fig. 17); base of costa black, wing margin without spots; hindwings pale grey, underside of wings uniformly pale brown, three brown frenular bristles. Abdomen light brown, without spots, tuft of scales on segment VIII yellow-grey. Female genitalia (Fig. 18): Papillae anales broad, nearly triangular in lateral view, not fused basally, apophyses posteriors as long as papillae anales. Segment VIII with rhomboidella- species group This group is here established to accommodate the new species E. kibalensis sp. nov. The architecture of the male genitalia differs clearly from those of the Palearctic species of all groups. Especially the reduced uncus, the undivided gnathos and the form of the valva are diagnostic for this species group, which doesn`t seem to be a genuine African group of the genus. There is at least one Asian species, E. octanoma Meyrick, 1914, described from Taiwan, that belongs to the E. rhomboidella group too (Kun & Szabóku 2000).	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
038887CCFFBD074991427E36FA046521.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: ♂ (Fig. 19): Uganda, Kibale National Park, Biological Field Station, 1500 m, 00 ° 32.419 ′ N; 30 ° 21.772 ′ E, 19 – 24. xi. 2014, at the lights, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 48 / 23 (MfN). Paratypes: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype; 1 ♂, Kenya, Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, cultivation land, 1600 m, 0 ° 21.28 ′ N; 34 ° 51.45 ′ E, 18. xi. 2001, light trap (4), leg. F. N. Namu (MfN). Description. Adult male (Fig. 19): Length of forewing 14 mm, wingspan 29 – 30 mm. Head vestiture yellow, episternum of prothorax with patch of yellow hairs; labial palpi ascending, black, basal segment with long, bown scales on ventral side, terminal segment acute; antenna black, with short cilia ventrally, much shorter in females, scaled dorsally in basal third. Proboscis long, basally greyscaled. Thorax grey, tegulae and patagia with black spots; mesonotum with four black spots. Legs brown. Forewings grey, with characteristic position of six black spots, two in fold, two at base and end of cell, two at the base of subcosta (Fig. 19); wing margin without spots; hindwings pale grey, hair pencil present, yellowish; underside of wings uniformly pale brown, one (♂) or three (♀) brown frenular bristles. Abdomen light brown, becoming yellow towards tip on dorsal side, brown at ventral side, segments without spots; apical tuft of scales on segment VIII yellow. Male genitalia (Figs 20 – 22): Tegumen a half ring, apically seemingly interrupted in the middle, patch of long, somewhat twisted bristles in membrane close to apical margin of tegumen. Uncus strongly reduced, with a basal crest and pair of apical, flat, membranous lobes with short bristles on dorsal side. Gnathos undivided, plate-like, distally protruding, broadened laterally and slightly downcurved, thorns or spines absent; Vinculum short, as a thin half-ring. Labis long, black, curved closely along gnathos. Valva with broad and short costa, cucullus reduced to long, dorsal process bent dorso-mediad, apex rounded. Phallic apparatus with spiral base, anellus a sclerotized but ventrally open tube, enclosing manica and tubular phallic apparatus, with two lateral sclerites at apex; vesica without cornuti. Etymology. The name refers to the Kibale National Park. Remarks: According to the male genitalia, E. kibalensis sp. nov. is similar to E. rhomboidella Walsingham, 1897 and E. aberdaresi Mey & Shovkoon, 2014. The new species differs externally by the larger size and by the plain grey hindwings, which are yellow or partly yellow in the former species. In the male genitalia, the form of gnathos and valva, and the curved labis arms are distinguishing features of E. kibalensis sp. nov. to other members of the group.	en	Mey, Wolfram (2023): New data and species of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from the Afrotropical Region. Metamorphosis 34 (1): 117-124, DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.11
