The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea)
Agassiz, David J. L.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-07
4600
1
1
69
Agassiz, 2019
Agassiz
2019
[195,462,1629,1655]
Insecta
Yponomeutidae
Yponomeuta
Animalia
Lepidoptera
22
23
Arthropoda
species
atricatoa
sp. nov.
Description of adult( Plate 4). Wingspan 24–25 mm. Head grey, labial palpus dark brown, a white spot on top of segment 2, segment 3 with pale ochreous tip; antenna weakly annulate, scape paler. Thorax grey with three black spots, tegula grey with a black spot anteriorly. Forewing grey, a set of 3 black spots on costa from base to ¼, a subcostal row of 4 black spots in medial area, 5 or 6 spots along fold, 3 spots subdorsally; terminal fringe concolorous with wing. Hindwing dark grey. Abdomen grey. Male genitalia ( Plate 12). Uncus absent, socius short and inwardly curved, gnathos comprising weak lobes, valva narrow and curved with a clothing of dense hairs, towards apex tending to be grouped in clusters, saccus moderately long terminating in a slight bulb. Aedeagus straight, slightly longer than valva, cornuti a small cluster of weakly defined spines. (BMNH Microlep 33640). Female genitalia: Notknown.
Biology.Larva on Maytenus, adults recorded from January to May, September, October and December.
Diagnosis.A species with dark grey forewings, darker hindwings and valvae of the male genitalia are exceptionally narrow; the antrum in the female genitalia is sclerotised and straight. Hyaline patch of hindwing much smaller than Y. nigricola. Derivation of name.From the black hindwings of the species.
Distribution.Recorded from Republic of South Africaand Zimbabwe.
Type material. Holotype ♂ Natal, Krantzkloof 8.ix.1903 Bell Manley BMNH Microlep33640; NH- MUK010919526. 9 paratypes: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♂ Weenen, Natal viii.1894R. ( Meyrickcoll.); 1 ♂ Durban, Natal, 4.iii.1919; 1 ♀ Wyliespoort 18–20.iii.1954 A.J.T. Janse; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Transkei, Umtata 31°36’S 28°47’E 2.i.1989 N.J. Duke; 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Transkei, Umtata 22.xi.1987(2), 17.x.1988, 2.i.1989, 21.iv.1989( TMSA). Other material examined: 3 ♂ Transkei, Langeifrom larva on Maytenusem. 10.ii.1987, 25.ii.1987(2); 1 ♀ East Cape, Hogsback 17.iii.1996 N.J. Duke; 1 ♀ Transvaal, Nelshoogtegallery forest below St. 25°51’S 30°53’E 4.xii.1987E–782354 leg Endrödy-Younga. ZIMBABWE: 1 ♀ Victoria Falls Rain Forest 5.v.1954AJT Janse; 1 ♂ Christon Bank, Harare 10.x.1993 N.J. Duke( TMSA).
2848996510
1894-08
1989-01-02
1894-08
BMNH, TMSA
Meyrick & A. J. T. Janse & N. J. Duke & Transkei & Umtata
South Africa
Umtata
-31.6
Natal
1215
28.783333
Transkei
23
24
19
3
7
holotype
2848996397
[500,1377,548,575]
10. ii. 1987, 25. ii. 1987
Langei
Transkei
23
24
3
3
2848996551
1996-03-17
N. J. Duke
Hogsback
East Cape
23
24
1
1
2848996532
1987-12-04
Endrody-Younga.
Zimbabwe
Transvaal
-25.85
St.
1244
30.883333
Nelshoogte
23
24
1
1
2848996561
[811,1381,620,647]
1954-05-05
Janse
Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls Rain Forest
23
24
1
1
2848996511
1993-10-10
TMSA
N. J. Duke
Zimbabwe
Christon Bank
23
24
1
1
Harare