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 [195,496,154,181] Insecta Yponomeutidae Yponomeuta Animalia Lepidoptera 14 15 Arthropoda species dhofarensis sp. nov.   Description of adult( Plate 2). Wingspan 12–16 mm. Head rough scaled, various shades of grey, labial palpus segment 3 same length as segment 2, greyish, paler on inner sides; scape mixed pale and dark grey, flagellum also annulate dark and pale grey. Thorax pale grey, a broken transverse dark fuscous bar. Forewing mottled grey, a partial straight basal fascia from costa, dark greyish suffusion on costa at one half and a similar patch of dark grey suffusion before it on fold, a subcostal row of blackish dots, another row above fold and a third near dorsum; fringe grey. Hindwing grey with a basal hyaline patch. Legs greyish. Abdomen grey, sterna with minute spines and just a few scattered microtrichia. Male genitalia ( Plate 10). Socius with tip curved into a point, uncus rectangular with rounded corners; valva of typical  Yponomeutashape, digitate process near base of valva pronounced; saccus straight. Aedeagus about twice as long as valva, curved with a cornutus more than half the length of aedeagus. Female genitalia ( Plate 20). Lamella postvaginalis with lobes widely separated, ostium small, a sclerotised band; ductus long at first simple, then a scobinate patch, then a long tube; corpus bursae ovoid, a weak signum at anterior end; whole genital apparatus almost as long as abdomen.   Diagnosis.Differs from European species in the narrow forewings, in the male genitalia by the spiny process near the base of the valva, in the female genitalia it is similar to  subplumbellabut has a smaller signum in the corpus bursae.   Biology.The larva feeds gregariously, usually several in a web, on  Commiphora(provisional identification). Adults are on the wing in September and October.  Derivation of the name. From the province where the species occurs.   Distribution.Confined to the province of Dhofarin southern Oman.   Type material.  Holoype ♂ OMAN: 3 ♀ Dhofar,  20 kmN of Salalah 17°10.20’N 54°5.64’E Larva on  Commiphora10.ix, em.  15.ix.2013  D.J.L. Agassiz, NHMUK010919524; 22 paratypes: 4 ♂ 1 ♀same locality  10.ix.2013,  D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♂near Rakhyut  82 m 16°47’4.8’’N 53°19’25.1’’E  11.ix.2013  D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♂ 2 ♀ Dhofar, Thamarit Rd  2.x.1979, 1 specimen 9.x.1979 leg T.B. Larsen; 1 ♀ Zeah Camp  6.x.1979leg. T.B. Larsen;  1 ♂ 1 ♀ Dhofar, Aqabital Hatab  7.x.1979leg. T.B. Larsen;  3 ♂ 2 ♀ Dhofar, Sarfait,  1000 m  10.x.1979leg. T.B. Larsen( NHMUK). 2848996717 on Commiphora 2013-09-15 Oman 17.17 Larva 13 54.094 14 15 4 3 1 Dhofar holotype 2848996419 [472,1431,938,966] 2013-09-10 D. J. L. Agassiz Oman 17.17 Larva 13 54.094 14 15 27 1 4 Zufar paratype 2848996373 [151,1056,974,1002] 2013-09-11 D. J. L. Agassiz Oman 82 16.784666 Rakhyut 1 53.32364 14 15 1 1 Zufar paratype 2848996667 1979-10-02 D. J. L. Agassiz Oman Thamarit Rd 14 15 3 2 1 Zufar paratype 2848996465 [658,1330,1011,1038] 1979-10-06 T. B. Larsen Oman Zeah Camp 14 15 1 1 Zufar paratype 2848996603 1979-10-07 T. B. Larsen Oman Hatab Aqabit 14 15 2 1 1 Zufar paratype 2848996690 1979-10-10 NHMUK T. B. Larsen Oman 1000 Sarfait 14 15 5 2 3 Zufar paratype