Orbamia becki Hausmann, 2006 Figures 3, 21, 39, 57, 74

Orbamia becki: Hausmann (2006): 42 (Holotype ♂ in ZSM: G 13627; locus typicus: Yemen: Al Hudaydah, Jebel Burra).

Examined material (ZSM).

57♂♀ from Yemen, Ethiopia and Djibouti (ZSM G 13478/♂; ZSM G 13628/♀; ZSM G 13649/♀; ZSM G 13636/♂; ZSM G 13637/♀/ ZSM G 13650/♀; ZSM G 20927/♀).

Differential features

(COI sequences, photographs of adults and their genitalia see https://dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-ORBAMIA): Adult: Forewing length: 9.5-12 mm. Upperside of wings: Ground colour pale brown. Underside: Ground colour whitish with yellowish tinge, on forewing with some dark suffusion, terminal fascia on all wings complete. Male genitalia very similar to those of O. octomaculata: Uncus stout, triangular, valva strongly (rectangularly) bent, dorsal process with small spinule at tip, cornutus short and stout (1.5 mm). Female genitalia very similar to those of O. octomaculata: Lamella antevaginalis U-shaped (0.6-0.7 mm), signum sclerotised, transversely oval, transverse ridge curved (0.3-0.5 mm).

Remarks.

Allopatric vicariant of O. octomaculata . Orbamia becki is the only species of this genus that has also been recorded outside Africa in Yemen, southern Arabia.