Adelpherupa aethiopicalis, Maes, 2002

Maes, K. V. N., 2002, Revision of the genus Adelpherupa Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Schoenobiinae) with the description of ve new species, Journal of Natural History 36 (14), pp. 1707-1724 : 1722

Adelpherupa aethiopicalis sp.n.

(gures 1a, 2e, 3h, 4g)

Diagnosis. Slender fore wings, strongly resembling A. elongalis but apex of fore wings more rounded. Male genitalia with rectangular valva, tube-shaped aedeagus without narrow distal part as in A. elongalis . Female genitalia with the ostium bursae, ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous. Tympanal organs: zona glabra with a median dagger-shaped sclerotization.

Description. Forewing narrow elongated with rounded apex in female, more rectangular in male; ground colour brownish yellow in female, brown in male; hind wings pale yellow, almost transparent.

Male genitalia. Uncus shorter than in A. elongalis ; valva rectangular; tubeshaped aedeagus, without the narrow distal part as in A. elongalis ; vesica with a single, plate-shape d cornutus.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales with short and long setae; apophyses posteriores and anteriores of about equal length; ostium bursae, ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous.

Tympanal organs. Zona glabra tympani medially with a dagger-shape d sclerotization.

Wing span. 20 mm.

Distribution. Ethiopia.

Life cycle. Unknown.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1: Djimma S.W. Abyssinia 26 May 1925 O. Neumann, Pyr.Brit.Mus. Slide No. 20027 ( BMNH) ; PARATYPE: 1: Djimma, S. W. Abyssinia, 12 May 1925, O. Neumann; Rothschild Bequest, B.M. 1939-1; Pyr.Brit.Mus. Slide No. 13327 ( BMNH) .