Cremastobombycia, Braun, 1908

Prins, Jurate De & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2012, Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 3594 (1), pp. 1-283 : 161-162

Key to the species of the Afrotropical Cremastobombycia based on external characters

1. Forewing with blackish-fuscous markings only ( Fig. 114 )..............................................61. kipepeo

– Forewing with white and black markings ( Fig. 115 ).............................................. 62. morogorene

Key to the species of the Afrotropical Cremastobombycia based on male genitalia

1. Valva slender straight, cucullus part enlarged, terminating with a short ventral projection. Aedoeagus placed in thick tubularshaped anellus, vesica with large barb-like and small papilla-like projection on apex (Figs 278, 279)............61. kipepeo

– Valva median with significantly dilated cucullus, somewhat trapezoidal with rounded dorso-apical angle, and half rounded ventroapical angle; half oval seal follows the subapical margin of valva in cucullus area. Aedoeagus narrow tubular, slender, vesica narrow with two long cornuti forking at apex ( Figs 280, 282 )................................. 62. morogorene

Figures

FIGURES 111–116. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 111, Phyllonorycter ruwenzori, holotype ♂, Uganda, Rwenzori Mountains, Bundibugyo, 22.viii–3.ix.1952, leg. D.S. Fletcher, in BMNH. 112, Phyllonorycter silvicola, holotype ♀, Kenya, Kakamega Forest, 31.iii.2003, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003277. 113, Phyllonorycter umukarus, holotype ♀, Rwanda, Nyungwe, mine 28.vii.2008, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000005152. 114, Cremastobombycia kipepeo, holotype ♂, Kenya, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 18.iii.2004, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003285. 115, Cremastobombycia morogorene, holotype ♂, Tanzania, Morogoro, 30.viii.1992, leg. L. Aarvik, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000006148. 116, Porphyrosela desmodivora, paratype ♂, Cameroon, Ekona, 20.iv.1938, leg. S.G. Buhr, in ZMHB.

FIGURES 278–282. Male genitalia. Scale bar 100 µm. 278–279, Cremastobombycia kipepeo, holotype, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00389, in RMCA. 278, ventral view. 279, aedoeagus. 280–282, Cremastobombycia morogorene, holotype, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00657, in RMCA. 280, ventral view. 281, sternum VIII. 282, aedoeagus.