Aphanostola kenyella Bidzilya & Agassiz, 2016
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Aphanostola kenyella Bidzilya & Agassiz |
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sp. n. |
Aphanostola kenyella Bidzilya & Agassiz sp. n. Figs 9 View Figures 1–21 , 10 View Figures 1–21 , 47 View Figures 47–52
Type material.
Holotype ♂, Kenya, Central, Escarpment, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu, 01°02 ’09” S, 36°35 ’58” E, 1850 m, M.V., light, 14.viii.1999 (Agassiz) (gen. slide 578/14, O. Bidzilya) (coll. Agassiz). Paratype: ♂, same data as holotype (gen. slide 1497, O. Bidzilya) (coll. Agassiz).
Diagnosis.
Aphanostola kenyella sp. n. is recognizable externally by the dark, nearly entirely black forewing and comparatively large size. The male genitalia are characterized by the broad sacculus, the narrow saccus and the phallus with distinct lateral teeth on the tip.
Description.
Adult (Figs 9 View Figures 1–21 , 10 View Figures 1–21 ). Wingspan 8.0-8.2 mm. Head and thorax brown, frons light brown, labial palpus weakly up-curved, segment two black with white apex, segment three black with white ring at base, apex white, scape black, other segments black with narrow whitish rings at base, finely ciliated by male; tegulae black with rare brown tipped scales; ground colour of forewing black to light brown, diffuse light brown medial fascia from ½ to 2/3 length, greyish indistinct spots on ¾ length on both margins, light brown sub-apical area separated with black pattern of irregular shape from light brown medial fascia, cilia brown, black-tipped. Hindwing grey.
Variation. Forewing, head and thorax varies from those of described above to dark, nearly uniformly black.
Male genitalia (Fig. 47 View Figures 47–52 ). Uncus twice as broad as long, posterior margin with deep v-shaped medial incision; gnathos strongly curved, apical ¼ weakly widened; tegumen twice as long as broad, anteromedial incision deep and broad; valva straight, inner margin strongly sclerotized, terminating in a short thorn merged with the posterior margin of the sacculus; sacculus stout, sub-triangular, broader than valva; vinculum slightly broader than long, posterior margin with short triangular medial projections, medial incision deep and narrow, lateral projections short, hump-shaped, placed very close to sacculus; saccus narrow, far exceeding beyond the tip of pedunculus; phallus about as long as valva, gradually narrowed apically, with distinct lateral teeth on apex, basal projection narrow, not reaching the tip of phallus.
Female. Unknown.
Etymology.
The species name refers to the country of occurrence of the new species.
Distribution.
Kenya.
Biology.
Host plant unknown. The specimens from the type-series were collected in mid-August at 1850 m elevation.
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