Ceratobia sudanica, Gaedike, 2014

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2014, On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2), pp. 193-219 : 205

Ceratobia sudanica sp. n.

Holotype: , “[ Sudan], Hudeiba , 2.iii.1962, lighttrap, [leg. R. Remane];” “Gen.präp.[genitalia slide] G. Petersen Nr. 2226;” “ Holotypus , Ceratobia sudanica sp. n., det. R. Gaedike 2013;” SDEI ; Paratype: 1 , “ Staatss [amm] l[un]g München , Sudan, Ed Damer, Hudeiba, 14.v.1962, leg. R. Remane;” “Gen.präp.[genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 5988;” ZSM .

Derivatio nominis: Named after the country, in which were collected the types.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 22): Wingspan 5-7 mm; head brush, antennae and labial palpi shiny light yellowish, thorax and tegulae and forewings with same coloration, forewings without any pattern; hindwings nearly white.

Male genitalia ( Figs 68-69 ): Uncus as long as tegumen, with pointed tip; gnathos arms nearly reaching tip of uncus, narrow, slightly curved; vinculum band-shaped, saccus short; valvae longer than uncus-tegumen, costal edge concave, ventral edge at 1/2 slightly bent, apex rounded; phallus a little shorter than valva, slightly curved, thin.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Remarks: The first record of the genus from the Afrotropical region.

Figures

Figs 67-75. 67: Crypsithyris unipuncta, ; 68-69: Ceratobia sudanica,  (68- Uncus-tegumen,valva; 69-phallus);70-71: Amphixystis minuta,  (70 - Uncus-tegumen-saccus; 71 - phallus; 72 - valva); 73-75: Amphixystis taurus,  (73 - Tegumen-gnathos-vinculum; 74 - phallus; 75 - valva).