Eoophyla limalis ( Viette, 1957 ) Published, 2012

Agassiz, David J. L., 2012, The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa, Zootaxa 3494, pp. 1-73 : 36-37

Eoophyla limalis ( Viette, 1957) comb. n.

Argyractis limalis Viette, 1957: 96 .

Type locality: Annobon.

Imago (Fig. 62): Wingspan 14–15mm. Head whitish; labial palpus with segment 3 long and pointed; maxillary palpus pointed, whitish; antenna dull orange. Thorax whitish. Forewing base creamy white; narrow fuscous subbasal fascia darker on costa and dorsum; broad orange-brown median fascia; narrow fuscous postmedian fascia followed by a white trapezium in costal half of wing; termen orange interrupted by white costal strigula; silver-grey tornal spot. Hindwing base mixed white, yellow and fuscous; broad white median fascia, double dark fuscous subterminal line; five black terminal eyespots separated by orange-yellow streaks, each bearing two metallic blue spots; inner half of cilia dark fuscous.

Male genitalia (Fig. 114): Uncus tapered; gnathos ¾ uncus with spines on either side of dorsal surface; valva with costa slightly arched, specialized seta arising from middle of termen, bent at right angle after a short distance, then reaching back ¾ length of valva. Aedeagus simple.

Female genitalia: not examined.

Tympanal organs: Venulae strongly waisted and continued either side of typmanal organs.

Diagnosis: Differs from other Eoophyla species in the broad white medial area of the hindwing, together with the broad white irregular postmedian fascia on the forewing.

Biology: unknown.

Distribution: Annobon Is ( Equatorial Guinea).

Material examined: Holotype ♀ Annobon 100m | S.O. (forêt)| P. Viette 4.vii.56.

Paratype: 1♂ Slide DJLA 3060, 2♀ data as holotype ( MNHNP) .