Ptychopseustis suffusalis, Agassiz, 2022

Agassiz, David, 2022, The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 5174 (2), pp. 101-156 : 133

Ptychopseustis suffusalis sp. n.

Imago (fig. 47): Wingspan 9–11 mm. Head and appendages pale brown, maxillary palpus half diameter of eye, labial palpus> diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae pale brown. Forewing heavily suffused fuscous, a poorly defined irregular antemedian fascia, a second irregular fascia sharply angled to costa before ¾, dark spots along termen. HIndwing fuscous. Hind leg thickened with scales on femur.

Male genitalia (fig. 80): Uncus tapered to blunt apex, gnathos almost as long as uncus; valva broader near base, raised ventral process just before apex which is very weak; vinculum with a pair of specialised setae, about four in each side bent before apex. Aedeagus straight, cornutus a serrate bar about 1/5 length of aedeagus.

Female genitalia (fig. 108): Ductus widening before corpus bursae, sclerotisation at junction with ductus, corpus bursae with a sclerotised scobinate patch, a bulla on the side. (Ovipositor missing from specimen dissected).

Diagnosis: Distinguished from others in the genus by the heavily suffused ground colour of the forewing and characters of the genitalia.

Life history: Not known.

Derivation: from the colouration of the forewing.

Distribution: Madagascar.

Type material: Holotype ♂ [ Madagascar] Diego Suarez 2.ii.1917 (G. Melou) NHMUK 010919119

Two paratypes: ♂ 23.iv.1917 same locality as holotype NHMUK010919121 BM Pyralidae Genitalia slide No. 23242, ♀ 3.ii.1917 same locality as holotype NHMUK01091920 BM Pyralidae Genitalia slide No. 23244 .

Other material examined: [ Madagascar] Diego Suarez (G. Melou) 1 specimen without abdomen 5.ii.1917, 1♂ 26–28.iii.1917, 2♀ 10–13.iv.1917, 1♀ iii–iv.1917.