Trichophysetis vumbensis, Agassiz, 2022

Agassiz, David, 2022, The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 5174 (2), pp. 101-156 : 113

Trichophysetis vumbensis sp. n.

Imago (fig. 14): Wingspan 22 mm. Head whitish, maxillary palpus tufted, labial palpus blackish 1.5× diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae whitish. Forewing ground colour creamy white, a black subbasal spot near dorsum, pale fuscous double curved antemedian fascia, outer line blackish in middle, lunule white, postmedian fascia also curved, double, a further curved fascia beyond, terminal area with some pale fuscous suffusion especially near costa, an irregular subterminal line enclosing a whitish area towards apex, terminal line fuscous, a fuscous line in fringe. Hindwing with double antemedian fascia conspicuous, a further fuscous fascia matching forewing markings.

Male genitalia: not known.

Female genitalia: not examined.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by the white area on the forewing close to the subterminal line.

Derivation: Named after the type locality Vumba {Bvumba} in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe .

Life history: not known.

Type material: Holotype Vumba Mts , Umtali Dist. 7 & 10.iii.1976 D.M. Kroon ( TMSA).