Porphyrosela, Braun, 1908

Prins, Jurate De & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2012, Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 3594 (1), pp. 1-283 : 168-169

Key to the species of the Afrotropical Porphyrosela based on external characters and host plants

1. Antennal tips white, four costal strigulae on forewing......................................................... 2

– Antennal tips of the same colour as remaining part of flagellum, three costal strigulae on forewing..................... 3

2. Ground colour of forewing equally unicolous ochreous; larvae feed on Teramnus spp. and Vigna spp. [ Fabaceae ] (Figs 120–122)....................................................................................66. teramni

– Ground colour of forewing speckled with blackish scales; larvae feed on Glycine max (L.) Merr. and Vigna sp. [ Fabaceae ] ( Figs 118, 119 )............................................................................ 65. homotropha

3. Ground colour of forewing equally unicolous ochreous; larvae feed on Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth [ Fabaceae ] ( Fig. 117 )............................................................................................... 64. gautengi

– Ground colour of forewing with dense irroration of brownish scales; larvae feed on Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC. [ Fabaceae ] ( Fig. 116 ).......................................................................63. desmodivora

Key to the species of the Afrotropical Porphyrosela based on male genitalia*

1. Tubular anellus shorter than aedoeagus, tegumen about as long as valva.......................................... 2

– Tubular anellus as long as aedoeagus enclosing it entirely, tegumen slightly longer than valva ( Figs 287–291 )....66. teramni

2. Valva bar-shaped with rounded apex; aedoeagus broad, basally bearing sclerotized cornutus, apex of vesica with sharp barb ( Figs 283, 284 ).............................................................................. 64. gautengi

– Valva bar-shaped, slightly dilated apically, with somewhat angulated, but not round apex; aedoeagus straight, with narrow tip, distally open, cornuti absent ( Figs 285, 286 ).................................................... 65. homotropha

* male genitalia of P. desmodivora unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 117–122. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 117, Porphyrosela gautengi, holotype ♂, South Africa, Lebombo Mountains, Jozini Dam, 18.i.1965, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004797. 118, Porphyrosela homotropha, paratype 4786♀, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 5.xii.1959, leg. E.M. Hering, in ZMHB. 119, Porphyrosela homotropha, ♀, Ethiopia, Tana Lake, Bahir Dar, 11–16.i.1996, leg. Mey & Ebert, in ZMHB. 120, Porphyrosela teramni, holotype 6497♂, South Africa, Pretoria, 22.xi.1948, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA. 121, Porphyrosela teramni, paratype 6520, South Africa, Pretoria, 22.xi.1948, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA. 122, Porphyrosela teramni, ♂, South Africa, Glenmore, 12.v.1971, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004794.

FIGURES 111–116. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 111, Phyllonorycter ruwenzori, holotype ♂, Uganda, Rwenzori Mountains, Bundibugyo, 22.viii–3.ix.1952, leg. D.S. Fletcher, in BMNH. 112, Phyllonorycter silvicola, holotype ♀, Kenya, Kakamega Forest, 31.iii.2003, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003277. 113, Phyllonorycter umukarus, holotype ♀, Rwanda, Nyungwe, mine 28.vii.2008, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000005152. 114, Cremastobombycia kipepeo, holotype ♂, Kenya, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 18.iii.2004, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003285. 115, Cremastobombycia morogorene, holotype ♂, Tanzania, Morogoro, 30.viii.1992, leg. L. Aarvik, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000006148. 116, Porphyrosela desmodivora, paratype ♂, Cameroon, Ekona, 20.iv.1938, leg. S.G. Buhr, in ZMHB.

FIGURES 287–291. Male genitalia. Scale bar 100 µm. 287–288, Porphyrosela teramni, holotype, the drawing is made by Willy De Prins after the genitalia prep. Vári 6923, in TMSA. 287, lateral view. 288, aedoeagus. 289–291, Porphyrosela teramni, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00432, in RMCA. 289, ventral view. 290, sternum VIII. 291, aedoeagus.

FIGURES 283–286. Male genitalia. Scale bar 100 µm. 283–284, Porphyrosela gautengi, paratype, genitalia prep. TMSA 14606, in TMSA. 283, lateral view. 284, aedoeagus. 285–286, Porphyrosela homotropha, the drawings are made by Willy De Prins after the original description and the drawing of Vári (1963: 11; fig. 10). 285, lateral view. 286, aedoeagus.