Hyponomeuta strigillata Zeller, 1852: 102–103

Agassiz, David J. L., 2019, The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea), Zootaxa 4600 (1), pp. 1-69 : 18

Hyponomeuta strigillata Zeller, 1852: 102–103

Hyponomeuta perficitellus Walker, 1863: 531

Hyponomeuta perficitellis; Janse (1917: 199) (misspelling)

Trisophilta pauli Viette, 1967: 291 syn. nov.

Type locality: Republic of South Africa: Kwazulu Natal

Redescription of adult ( Plate 3). Wingspan 16–30 mm. Head white, labial palpus black but white around intersegmental joints; scape white becoming black distally, flagellum white for first five flagellomeres, then blackish with faint annulation. Thorax white with two black spots and black at anterior and posterior extremes; tegula white, marked black on the front. Forewing white with 5 rows of black spots, the spots tending to be elongated in a transverse direction, especially those near the dorsum; terminal fringe white. Hindwing grey, fringe paler. Abdomen grey, legs black but white on each joint. Specimens from Yemen are smaller (16–20mm) and their genitalia are proportionately smaller too.

Male genitalia ( Plate 11 ). Uncus bluntly pointed, socius with apex broadened and bluntly pointed, valva with costa concave, a small spine on terminal edge, saccus with a clubbed end.

Female genitalia ( Plate 21 ). Lobes of lamella postvaginalis gently curved, ostium small, ostial chamber almost cylindrical then abruptly contracted into ductus, ductus longer than abdomen, corpus bursae ovate, signum cruciform with short spines on transverse section.

Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by the conspicuous spots being elongated in a direction across each forewing and in the male genitalia the small spine on the edge of the valva can be seen without dissection.

Biology. The species has been reared from Gymnospora senegalensis , Maytenus heterophylla , Maytenus arbutifolia and Maytenus fruits.

Distribution. Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Yemen, Madagascar.

Taxonomic note. DNA barcodes indicate that this species comprises two or three taxa (in Kenya Taita and Rift Valley BOLD:ABY3728, BOLD:AAE0418, and in South Africa BOLD:ACE4424 about 1.48% divergent with the latter BIN, the former BIN around 5.18-5.62% divergent from the last two), but morphological or biological differences have not been detected.

Type material. Holotype ♂ Swedish Museum of Natural History , Stockholm (not examined). REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA : Lectotype ♀ of perficitella, Pt Natal 55.96; Paralectotype without abdomen, same data (NH- MUK). Holotype ♂ of Trisophista pauli Viette ( MNHNP) (examined including genitalia slide) .

Other material examined: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♂ + 1 without abdomen Natal, Durban, Mur- ray SAM LEP A015674; 1 ♀ Barberton, H. Edwards, SAM LEP A015675; 1 ♂ Durban SAM LEP A015677, 1 ♀ Durban, 4.vi.1955 C.G.C. Dickson SAM LEP A015679, 1 without abdomen iv.1955 Bush SAM LEP O15678; 1 ♀ Durban, 22.xi.1902 F.I. Leighton SAM LEP A015680; 1 without abdomen Durban; 1 ♀ Natal, Durban Dist. SAM LEP A015676 ( SAMC); 1 ♀ Kwazulu Natal, Hluhluwe 27°55’S 32°16’E, 67 m above sea level 7–8.i.2012 R. Müller & D. Bartsch; 1 ♂ 7 ♀ Kwazulu Natal, Nduma Game Reserve Main camp 1 ♂ 7 ♀ 4.vii.2009; Durban: 1 ♂ 4 ♀ v.1952, 1 ♀ viii.1952, 1 ♂ vii.1953, 1 ♀ viii.1953, 1 ♀ x.1953, 2 ♀ i.1954, 1 ♂ 22.x.1954, 1 ♀ xii.1954, 1 ♂ 4 ♀ v.1955, 1 ♂ vi.1955, 1 ♀ x.1955, 1 ♂ xii.1955, 1 ♀ i.1957, 1 ♂ vii.1957, 1 ♀ 26.ix.1960, 1 ♂ 2.x.1960, 1 ♂ xii.1960, C.G.C. Dickson; 1 ♂ Durban, Janse; 1 ♂ Durban, A. Ross; 1 ♂ Durban 26.vi.1913 Lord Gladstone; 1 ♀ Durban 4.vi.1913 Clark, coll. Janse; 2 ♂ 2 ♀ The Haven, Transkei 5.xii.1981 N.J. Duke; 3 ♀ Ngome Forest 27°49’S 31°25’E 20–24.i.1983; 3 ♀ Ngome State Forest 27°48’S 31°25’E 18–22.i.1992 Krüger & Dombrowsky; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Nyalazi Forest Potgieter & Goode; 1 ♂ Sordwana Bay 27.ix.1974 D.M. Kroon; 1 ♂ 2 ♀ 1 without abdomen Sordwana Bay 22–23.ix.1974 J. & H. Potgieter; 1 ♂ Umtata 31°36’S 28°47’E 12.v.1988 N.J. Duke; 1 without abdo- men Hudley, Zululand xii.1949 E. Pinhey; 2 ♀ Port St John’s 10–22.ii.1955 A.J.T. Janse; 1 ♂ Umgababa 5.ix.1927 H. Bell; 1 ♀ Mariepskop Forestry Reserve 15–19.iii.1982 K.M. Molekana; 1 ♀ Umdoni Park 30.iv–2.v.1982 Sco- ble & Lawrenson; 2 ♀ Ingwavuma 6–9.ii.1968 Potgieter & Janse; 1 ♀ Umtata 24.ii.1967 N.J. Drake; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Dukuduku Forest 28 32 Ad 20–29.xii.1962; 1 ♂ Sihangana Forest 27°00’S 32°15’E 23.ix.1974 D.M. Kroon; 1 ♂ Coastal Dune Forest Mtuzini, Natal 03.vi.1995 Joannou; 3 ♂ Nelshootge Forestry, Barberton Dist. 24–25.ii.1972 Potgieter & Jones; 1 ♀ ETM Krokodilpoort Mts. 28 km SE Nelspruit, Bullen Farm 1000 m 02–11.xi.1992 Krüger & Dombrowsky; 1 ♀ Kwazulu Natal, Hluhluwe 28°06’S 32°05’E, 29.xi.1992 M. Krüger; 1 without abdomen Umkomaas 30.i.1914, 1 ♀ 6.i.1914 A.J.T. Janse; 1 ♂ Umdoni Park 11–16.v.1974 L. Vári; 2 ♂ 3 ♀ Natal, St Lucia 28°22’S 32°25’E 20.x–7.xi.1995 leg. Endrödy-Younga; C.P. Brenton-on-Sea 34°04’S 23°03’E 20.x–7.xi.1995 M. Krüger; 1 ♂ Natal, Ndomu xi.1970 P. de Moor; 1 ♀ Eastern Cape, Drakensburg 31°27’S 29°43 E 30.xi.2003 T.M. Staff; 1 ♂ Stander xi–xii.1921 R.J. Gardner; 1 ♂ Eshowe i.1916 Hardent coll. Janse; 1 ♂ Dukuduku Forest, Zulu- land 24.iii.1982, 1 ♂ 4–5.ii.1969 N.J. Duke; Transvaal, Sabie SE25 30 Bb 30.i.1983 E.E. Maherbe; 1 ♂ Barberton 1.vi.1941 Miss Edwards; 1 ♀ St Lucia Bay 29°23’S 32°25’E 29–30.ix.1974 J. Potgieter; 3 ♂ 3 ♀ Beacon Bay, East London 24.ix.1981, 24.ix.1981 (2), 26.xi.1981, ( TMSA), 27.v.1987, 20.xi.1987 N.J. Duke; 1 ♂ The Haven, Tran- skei 4.xii.1981; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ SWAZILAND: Jilabi from larva on Maytenus fruits em. 10.vii.1993 N.J. Duke; 5 ♂ 5 ♀ Durban 1902, 1903, 1904 Leigh; 1 ♂ 3 ♀ Durban 1903; 3 ♂ 1 ♀ ix. & x.1907 (Meyrick coll.), 1 ♂ 9.v.1914, 1 ♀ 23.v.1914; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Howick, 1908 (Meyrick coll.); 1 specimen without abdomen Congella near Durban 30.. x.1904 Leigh; 1 ♂ Drakensberg xi.1926 Van Reenen; 1 ♀ Kimbolton, Escourt, Weenen, 1892 Hutchinson; 1 ♂ Durban, Umhlanga 13–20.viii.1949 H.B.D. Kettlewell; 1 ♀ Cape Province, Wilderness, Knysna 20.x. - 8.xi.1952 H.B.D. Kettlewell ( NHMUK); 1 specimen Natal, Parc Rynic x. 1951 ( NMK); SWAZILAND: 1 ♀ Bulungu Mts. 15.ii.1997 N.J. Duke; 2 ♀ 1 without abdomen Lugageneni, Manzini Dist. 17.xii.1996; 1 ♀ Lugaganeni, Manzini 16.ii.1996 C. Saunders; 1 ♂ Malolotja 31.xii.1992; 1 ♂ 4 ♀ Malolotja 4.ii.1993, 2 ♀ 31.xi.1992 N.J. Duke; 1 ♀ Malagwane Hill, Mbabane 10.xi.1994; 2 ♂ 14.i.1996 N.J. Duke; 1 ♀ Mlawala 18.ii.1994 N.J. Duke ( TMSA); MOZAMBIQUE: 1 ♂ L. Marques xi.1952 A.J. Barbosa; 2 ♀ 1 without abdomen L.M. Laguna 2.v.1938; 1 without abdomen 8.iii.1938; 1 ♂ L.M. Pv 10.vi.1938 ( TMSA); 1 ♀ Lorenzo Marques Distant Coll.; 1 ♂ Lorenzo Marques BMNH Microlep slide 28389; 1 ♂ Delagoa Bay, Druce No. 92, 1884; 1 specimen without abdomen same data No. 93 ( NHMUK); 1 ♀ Del- agoa Bay, Monteiro; ZIMBABWE: 1 ♀ Bulawayo 13.i.1955 D.W. Rorke; 1 ♀ Laurenceville, Vumba 4.iii.1995 N.J. Duke; 1 ♂ Manicaland, Bvumba 1360 m 19°03’33”S 32°43’41”E 5.xi.2016 D. Agassiz & K. Larsen; MALAWI: 2 ♂ Nkorongo, Mzimba Dist. 1375 m 11°23’S 35°59’E 23.iii–4.iv.2009 R.J.Murphy; 6 ♂ 5 ♀ Juniper Forest, Nyika Nat. Pk. 2160, 10°43’S 33°53’E 3–9.xii.2009 R.J.Murphy; 1 ♂ Nyika Nat. Pk. 1960 m 10°41’S 33°57’E R.J. Murphy ( TMSA); ZAMBIA: 1 ♀ N.W. Prov. Nyagembe B.S. 14°48’S 24°32’E 1296 m 26.xii.2011 A.J. Gardner ( TMSA); 1 ♀ Mbala 21–26.xi.1972 J.D. Little ( NHMUK); TANZANIA: Iringa Dist., Res. C. Congdon 1954 m 08°34’S 35°20’E 17.i.2012 leg. Ian Bampton ( TMSA); 1 ♂ Old Shinyanga 9.xi.1951 E. Burtt; 1 ♂ 4 ♀ Amani ( NHMUK); 1 ♂ Muheza Dist. Amani 900–950 m 11.xii.1992 leg. L. Aarvik ( NHMO); 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Tanganyika Terr. Ukergwe I. 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Tanganyika Terr. Ukergwe I. ( NMK); RWANDA: 1 ♂ Savannah 1600 m, 30 km S Kigali 02°04’S 30°07’E J & W de Prins; Akagera Riv. S. Kibungo/Ibanda-Makera, 2.17S 30.47 E, 23.ix.2002 leg. L. Kühne 23.ix.2002; KENYA: 1 ♂ Rift Valley, Turi, 8000 ft, 1.x.1999, D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♀ Rift Valley, Gilgil, 2100 m, 0°29’S 36°22’E, 1.v.2005 D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♂ Rift Valley, Gilgil, 2100 m, 0°37’S 36°22’E, 23.xi.2008 D. Agassiz, L. Aarvik & A.J. Kingston; 1 ♂ Rift Valley, Kajaido North Dist, Masai Lodge, 1665 m 1°23’ 4’’S 36°49; 51’’E 28.xi.2010, D. Agassiz & L. Aarvik. DJLA slide 1456; 1 ♂ Central, Aberdares Country Club, 6500 ft, 19.vi.1999 D.J.L. Agassiz; 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Cen- tral, Aberdares Country Club, 0°20’S 36°53’E, 1750 m, 26.iv.2003 D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♀ Central, Naro Moru, 6500 ft, 29.xi.1999, D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♀ Central, Castle Forest Lodge 2050 m, 0°22’51ʼʼS 37°18’ 35’’E 27.x.2013, Agas- siz, Beavan, Heckford & Larsen, DJLA slide 1457; 1 ♀ Eastern, Lewa, 2000 m 0°8’36’’N 37°27’28’’E, 26.xi.2011 D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♂ Eastern, Embu, 5000 ft, 29.v.2000 D.J.L. Agassiz ( DJLA); 1 ♂ Gazi vii–viii.1982; Nakuru Natl Park 0°07’S 36°04’ E 1855 m 10.x.2001 J & W de Prins; 1 ♂ 2 ♀ Nairobi 7–8.iv.1919 Van Someren; 1 ♀ xii.1952 E. Pinhey; 1 ♀ Muguga 29.iii.1957 I.W.B. Nye ( NHMUK); Nairobi: Laresha Ridge, Ngong, 9 specimens, 3 bred ex Gymnospora senegalensis Shimba Hills ; 1 ♂ Njombi; 1 specimen Chuyulu Hills Exped. May 1938; 1 specimen Karukra Aug. 69; 1 specimen Fort Hall, K.C. 1957 ( NMK); UGANDA: 1 ♀ Kampala iii.1936 G.H.E. Hopkins; 1 ♂ Kampala iv.1900 Capt. H.B. Rattray; 1 ♂ Kampala 0°20’N 32°34’E 27.iv.1965 [D. Chanter] ( NHMUK); ETHIO- PIA: 6 ♂ 4 ♀ Tana-See, Bahir Dahr 1600 m 11–16.i.1996 leg, Mey & Ebert;: 6 ♂ 4 ♀ Addis Ababa, 9.vi.1980, 13.v. i.1980, 16.vi.1980, 17.i.1982, 4.ii.1983, 11.ii.1983, 17.ii.19983 & 21.iii.1985 Dr Angenstein Mgbgd ( MfN); MADAGASCAR: 1 ♀ Foret d’Isaka, nr Fort Dauphin, x–xi.1934 R. Catala ( NHMUK); YEMEN: 2 ♂ 1 ♀ 600 m Prov. Al Hudaydah Jabel, Burra 25 km SE Hajil 23–24.iv.1998 M. Fibiger et al. including DJLA slide 1562 ( DJLA); 1 ♂ 2 ♀ Ibb, 1.5 km W Jiblah, 13, 57/43.57, 2100 m 7.xi.1996 leg. H. Hacker; 1 ♀ MakabanNaqilMan 15.04/43.39 1900 m, 2.xi.1996 leg H. Hacker ( MfN).

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