Anthozela chrysoxantha Meyrick, 1913

Fig. 32

Anthozela chrysoxantha was described from South Africa. Meyrick (1936) reported the host as Pavetta sp. ( Rubiaceae). We examined four specimens from Kakamega Forest, Western Province, 1570 m, 16 December 1999, reared from Tarenna pavettoides ssp. triessiorum ( Rubiaceae), A&M Coll. #402, R. S. Copeland. According to Horak (2006), the female genitalia have not been described or illustrated previously, so we provide a diagnosis and description.

Diagnosis. The female genitalia of A. chrysoxantha (Fig. 32) are similar to those of A. hilaris (Horak 2006: fig. 498) and A. bathysema (Diakonoff 1984: fig. 38). They can be distinguished by the shield-shaped lamella antevaginalis, which is absent in A. hilaris and A. bathysema, and a pair of signa that are broader basally and more claw-shaped than the slender thorn-shaped signa of those species. The papillae anales are slender and unmodified; the apophyses are 2.25–2.50 times as long as the papillae anales, the anteriores slightly longer than the posteriores; the cup-shaped part of the sterigma (i.e., lamella antevaginalis) has a distinct shield-shaped sclerite with three small, parallel, lateral creases; it is separated from the indistinct antrum by membrane; the ductus bursae is slender, uniform in width, with a small bulbous swelling at the posterior end at the junction with the corpus bursae, from which arises the ductus seminalis; the corpus bursae is large, ovoid, with a pair of strong, curved, claw-shaped signa; an accessory sac is absent.