Parapoynx zambiensis, Published, 2012

Agassiz, David J. L., 2012, The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa, Zootaxa 3494, pp. 1-73 : 16

Parapoynx zambiensis sp. n.

Type locality: Zambia, Mbala .

Imago (Fig. 7): Wingspan 15–18mm. Head white mixed brown; labial palpus segment 3 shorter than segment 2, whitish, brown on sides; antenna pale brown. Thorax mixed brown and white. Forewing with ground colour brown mixed whitish, costa pale brown; an elongate white spot beyond disc, encircled dark brown; an irregular white fascia before subterminal line, obsolete towards apex; blackish suffusion near dorsum and one quarter and one half of wing length. Hindwing whitish, obscure and irregular terminal and subterminal bands, strongest near inner angle. Legs pale brown. Abdomen brown mixed whitish, darker markings on segment 4. Few of the specimens examined were in good condition.

Male genitalia (Fig. 86): Uncus long and slender with long setae, gnathos over half length of uncus, stout; valva with concave costa, dorsum almost parallel, gently convex, termen rounded, a small projection near base on inner surface; length of valva about 5 x width. Aedeagus (Fig. 86a) simple.

Female genitalia (Fig. 136): Bursa almost 2/3 length of abdomen; ostium about one fifth width of abdominal segment 8, antrum conical, colliculum pronounced, ductus bursae long and slender, gradually widening into corpus bursae which is about half length of ductus; signa a pair of parallel sclerotised plates lying lengthwise and about one eighth length of corpus bursae.

Tympanal organs: Venulae extending to edge of segment 2, almost parallel; tympanum almost triangular.

Diagnosis: Similar to P. ophiaula , but this species can be distinguished by the richer brown ground colour. The male genitalia are distinct in the shape of the valva.

Derivation: From the country Zambia where most specimens originate.

Biology: Unknown, adults i & xii.

Distribution: Zambia, D.R. Congo (close to Zambian border), Botswana.

Material examined: Holotype ♂ ZAMBIA, Mbala, 4–5.xii.1974 Locust control centre BM 1975-261, BM Pyralidae slide 21224, 1 paratype ♀ Zambia, Mbala, at light 20–30.xii.1972 K.W. Kuhne ( BMNH).

ZAMBIA: 1♂ 2♀ Ikelenge, Zambezi rapids, 1♀ Ikelenge, Mwininlinga, 2♀ Khwai R. ( NMB); 2 ♀, D.R. CONGO, Lubumbasha [Elisabethville], ( MRAC); BOTSWANA: 14 ♀ Okavanga Delta, 1♀ Sepopo, 1♂ Maun , Ngamiland , Themalekema R . ( NMB) .