Yponomeuta ocypora Meyrick, 1932

Agassiz, David J. L., 2019, The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea), Zootaxa 4600 (1), pp. 1-69 : 12-13

11. Yponomeuta ocypora Meyrick, 1932 932

Hyponomeuta ocypora Meyrick, 1932 932: 115–116.

Type locality: Djem-Djem Forest , Ethiopia

Redescription of adult ( Plate 2). Wingspan 15–22 mm. Head with erect hairs, whitish to pale fuscous; labial palpus slender, pale brown; antenna with small scape, dark fuscous, remainder whitish grey with faint annulation. Thorax and tegula pale grey-brown with two pairs of blackish spots. Forewing with apex pointed, ground colour pale brownish grey slightly streaky; basal area above fold to costa dark brown, a costal row of elongate black dots along basal half of wing, a further row of dots subcostally, a third partial row just above fold, a fourth row subdorsally; sometimes a very oblique dark fuscous fascia from just above dorsum to costa; terminal fringe grey; underside of forewing with a very narrow white edge for most of its length; legs pale fuscous with dark suffusion. Hindwing grey. Abdomen pale grey, darker ventrally; sternums with minute spines but without microtrichia.

Male genitalia ( Plate 9). Socius narrow and slightly tapered; valva with costa almost straight, pronounced sclerotisation on middle of dorsum, saccus straight with bulbous end. Aedeagus 2.5 x length of valva, a cornutus almost ⅔ of its length.

Female genitalia ( Plate 19 ). Lamella postvaginalis lobes widely separated, ostium a small rounded funnel, ductus bursae with a spiculate band along most of its length; corpus bursae without signum, at least three times length of ductus bursae.

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from other narrow winged species by the oblique antemedian fascia on the forewing.

Biology. Not known. Adults taken in every month except February and August.

Distribution. Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi.

Type material. Holotype ♂ Abyssinnie , Djem-Djem Forest i. v.1926 & JFGC ( NHMUK).

Other material examined: ETHIOPIA: 1 ♀ Amhara Region, Gojam zone, 15 km NW Bahar Dar, 4 km NE Zege Peninsula , 11°41’32.5’’N 37°19’54’’E, 1800 m 30.x.2007 O.J. Lanve & A. Endrestal ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♀ Amhara Region, Debeb S. Gondar zone, 8 km NW Addis Zemen, Hwy 3., 12°9.527’N 37°44’18’’E, river bank, 2141 m 30.x.2007 O.J. Lanve & A. Endrestal ( NHMO) ; UGANDA: 1 ♂ Ruwenzori Range Mt Kinangop , 8000 ft. F.W. Ed- wards, BMNH Expedition 1935 ( NHMUK) ; KENYA: 4 ♂ 4 ♀ Rift Valley, Turi , 24.xii.1998, 21.i.1999, 26.iii.1999, 21.v.1999, 23.v.1999, 26.vi.1999, 13.vii.1999, 16.ix.1999 including slide DJLA 1292 ♂; 1 ♀ Rift Valley, Molo 27.iii.1999 ; 5 ♀ Central, Naro Moru , 1.xii.2006, 2.xii.2006, 30.xi.2011, 4.xi.2013, 6.xi.2013 including slide DJLA 1291 ( DJLA) ; 2 ♂ 3 ♀ Eastern, Lewa Conservancy 2080 m, 37NCA 2838 1547 28–30.xi.2008, L. Aarvik, D. Agas- siz & A. Kingston ( NHMO) ; MALAWI 3 ♀ Nyika Plateau, W of Chelinda Camp LF Rain forest 2100 m 14.x.1996 leg Mey & Nuβ ( MfN) .

Figures

PLATE 19.