Ptychopseustis baringensis, Agassiz, 2022

Agassiz, David, 2022, The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 5174 (2), pp. 101-156 : 125

Ptychopseustis baringensis sp. n.

Imago (fig. 36): Wingspan 11–12 mm. Head and appendages whitish, maxillary palpus ¾ diameter of eye, labial palpus 1.5 × diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae pale ochreous. Forewing ground colour ochreous, costa whitish with a sequence of blackish patches, two fascias only represented by some dark brown scales, termen black preceded by some dark brown scales, fringe dark fuscous. Hindwing pale ochreous; legs whitish.

Male genitalia: not known.

Female genitalia (fig. 99): Ostium almost as wide as ovipositor, antrum with lateral sclerotisation, ductus bursae curved and scobinate, junction with corpus bursae as well as spherical corpus itself covered with sclerotised ridges

Diagnosis: Distinguished from other species in the genus by the weak fascias and very dark termen of the forewing.

Life history: not known.

Derivation: Named from the type locality.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality in Kenya.

Type material: Holotype ♀ KENYA: Rift Valley , L. Baringo 1000 m 0° 36’ N 36° 00’ E 178. viii.2007 D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 Paratype ♀ same data as holotype, genitalia slide DJLA 1711.