Hyponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860: 222–223
The Yponomeutidae of the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea)
Agassiz, David J. L.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-07
4600
1
1
69
Stainton, 1860
Stainton
1860
[195,656,1344,1371]
Insecta
Yponomeutidae
Yponomeuta
Animalia
Lepidoptera
14
15
Arthropoda
species
africanus
Hyponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860: 222–223.
Typelocality: Republicof Republic of South Africa: Western Cape, Knysna.
Redescription of adult( Plate 2). Wingspan 18–24 mm. Head white, usually with central black dorsal spot; labial palpus segment 3 longer than segment 2, each segment black at base and white tipped; antenna with scape white, distal to that a black ring, flagellum whitish at base, otherwise grey. Thorax white with three black spots, tegula white, with a black spot on anterior edge. Forewing white with five longitudinal rows of black spots, terminal fringe white, greyish at tornus; often a black or grey suffusion along dorsum before tornus and at ½ extending as a broken oblique fascia; underside dark grey but white terminal fringe and a narrow white edge to costa before apex. Hindwing dark grey, hyaline subbasal patch large. Specimens from Republic of Republic of South Africa( Plate 2: 15a): are much more heavily marked than most of those from East Africa which sometimes have only the black dots ( Plate 2: 15b). Male genitalia ( Plate 10). Socius broad and blunt, each bearing two spines, valva simple and typical of the genus, costa strong and straight, saccus fairly long with a bulbous end. Aedeagus simple and straight, a single cornutus about one third of its length. Female genitalia ( Plate 20). Lamella postvaginalis with lobes close together, ostium small, ductus straight and sclerotised, corpus bursae very long and narrow, gradually widening, in all about ten times length of ductus and much the same length as abdomen.
Biology. Notknown, adults recorded in every month except May and June.
Diagnosis: Distinguished from other white species of Yponomeutaby the black or grey suffusion normally present on the forewing, and in the male genitalia by the distinctive shape of the socius.
Distribution.Republic of Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan.
Type material.Type in NHMUK, not located. Collected by Trimen and taken to Stainton in England, listed by Walker (1864) as part of BM collections. This is quoted by Walsingham but type is not found. Also given as NH- MUK by Gershenson & Ulenberg (1998)but they do not say whether or not the type was seen. Mey (2015)claims that a specimen labelled?TYPE in SAMC is the holotype, but the information given above does not support this view as the type locality is Knysna which does not agree with the data label on the SAMC specimen. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♀labelled? TYPE, SAM LEP A015673, Imaged 2011 ( SAMC). Other material examined: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 7 ♂ 4 ♀ Knysna, Eastern Cape, DiepwalleFor- est 467 m, 35°°56 56’55 ’55ʼʼSʼʼS 23 23° ° °09 09’ ’23 23ʼʼE, 23.ii–6.iii.98, D.M. Kroon; 2 ♀ Knysna, C.P. 10–14.i.55 A.J.T. Janse; 1 ♂, Knysna, C.P. 3.iii.1921 DrH.G. Breijer; 1 without abdomen Belvedere, C.P.8.iii.21 DrH.G. Breijer; 4 ♂ 6 ♀Tsit- sikama Goesabos Forestry 1–13.iii.1980, Scoble& Kroon; 9 ♂ 7 ♀same loc. 13–22.iii.1979Potgieter & Scoble; 2 ♀ Tsitsikama, De Plaat Forest 5–6.xi.1967 Vári& Potgieter; 1 without abdomen Saasveld, George, C.P. 7.ii.1965H. Beertsema; 1 ♂ 1 ♀same loc. 22–28.ii.1972L. Vári; 1 ♀ Groenkop Forestry, George Dist. 3.iii.1967L. & G. Vári; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Suikerbosrand Natuureservaat 15–16.xi.1980D.M. Kroon; 1 ♀ Stormsriviermond Coast Nat. Park 4.xi.1967 Vári& Potgieter; 1 ♀ Harkerville 4–7.iii.1977L. & G. Vári; 4 ♂ 4 ♀ Storms River, Cape 13–15.ii.1986, N.J. Duke; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Diepwalle Forest/ Natures Valley, Knysna, Cape 16.ii.1986 N.J. Duke( TMSA TMSA));;1 1 specimenwithout abdomen Annshaw, King Williamstown1893 Barrett( NHMUK); ZIMBABWE: Laurenceville, Vumba Mts 32°°45 45’ ’ EE 19 19° ° ° 10 10’S11–14.x.1980N.J. Duke( TMSA); TANZANIATANZANIA 1 Tang. Terr.UkergweI. Fr.Conrad( NMK); KENYA: Escarpment, Kikuyu: 1 Benix–x.1900 (16); 1 Escarpment, Kikuyu, Doherty 1.xi. 1900; 1 Nairobixi.23 Van Someren; 1 Meru Dist. 5.vii.1930, H. Young Coll.; 1 Ngong, Feb. 1964( NHMUK); KENYA: 3 ♂ 5 ♀ Central, Aberdares Country Club 0°20’S 36°53’E 1750 m 26–27.iv.2003 D.J.L. Agassizincluding slides DJLA 1185, 1278 ♂and 1289 ♀; 2 ♂: Nairobi, Oluloa Forest, NMK–IPR Compound, 01°21’49ʼʼS 36°47’47’’E 1872 mMV light 15.viii.1999, D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♂ Central, Escarpmentbetween Limuruand Mai Mahui 1°02’09ʼʼS 36°35’58’’E 1850 mMV light 14.viii.1999 D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♂ Western, Kesogon 6500 ft 2.vi.1999, D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♀Cen- tral, Castle ForestLodge, 0°22’43’’S 37°18’32’’E 2100 m, 3.xi.2012, Agassiz, Beavan, Heckford& Larsen; 20 specimens Nairobiand suburbs; 1 Ruiru, Townsend(no date); 1 Jacaranda Research Station, Ruiru, April 1960; 1 Muguga Feb. 1958B. Verdcourt; 1 Nyeri Feb. 1948 Miss Steele( NMK); 1 specimenwithout abdomen near Nairobi, Oluloa Forest 27.iii.1999U. Dall’Asta MRAC ENT 000006436; UGANDA: 1 ♀ Central, Mabira Forest, 3000 ft 16.vii.2000, D.J.L. Agassiz; 1 ♀ Western, Budongo Forest, 3000 ft 18.vii.2000, D.J.L. Agassiz.( DJLA); 9 ♂ 8 ♀ Escarpment 7500–8500 ft KikuyuIBEA ix–x.1900 Doherty; 1 ♀ Ngong, Nairobi ii.1951 Fowler& Coalson; Meru Dist. 5.vii.1930 H. Youngcoll.; S.E. SUDAN Didings Distr, Nagichot 6–7000 ftxii.25–i.26 ( NHMUK).
2848996380
[151,920,1443,1468]
South Africa
Knysna
Republic
14
15
1
Western Cape
holotype
2848996306
[199,1343,476,503]
SAMC
South Africa
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
15
16
1
1
2848996486
[495,1089,513,539]
South Africa
Knysna
15
16
11
4
7
2848996688
D. M. Kroon
South Africa
467
Diepwalle
23.383333
15
16
1
Eastern Cape
2848996437
[898,1372,548,575]
A. J. T. Janse
South Africa
Knysna
15
16
2
2
Eastern Cape
2848996563
1921-03-03
Dr & Breijer & Belvedere, C. P.
South Africa
Knysna
15
16
1
1
Eastern Cape
2848996503
1980-03-01
1980-03-13
1980-03-01
Scoble & Kroon
South Africa
Goesabos Forestry
15
16
10
6
4
Eastern Cape
2848996708
1965-02-07
1967-11-06
1965-02-07
Vari & Potgieter & George, C. P. & Beertsema
South Africa
Tsitsikama
Saasveld
De Plaat Forest
15
16
2
2
Eastern Cape
2848996672
1967-03-03
Vari
South Africa
George Dist.
Groenkop Forestry
15
16
1
1
Eastern Cape
2848996384
[217,981,728,755]
1980-11-15
1980-11-16
1980-11-15
Kroon
South Africa
Suikerbosrand Natuureservaat
15
16
2
1
1
Eastern Cape
2848996724
1967-11-04
Vari & Potgieter
South Africa
Stormsriviermond Coast Nat. Park
15
16
1
1
Eastern Cape
2848996639
[465,938,765,791]
1977-03-04
1977-03-07
1977-03-04
Vari
South Africa
Harkerville
15
16
1
1
Eastern Cape
2848996644
[949,1198,765,791]
South Africa
Storms River
15
16
8
4
4
Eastern Cape
2848996693
1986-02-13
1986-02-15
1986-02-13
N. J. Duke
South Africa
Diepwalle Forest
Knysna
Natures Valley
15
16
2
1
1
Western Cape
2848996361
1986-02-16
TMSA, NHMUK
N. J. Duke & King Williamstown & Barrett
South Africa
Annshaw
15
16
1
Western Cape
2848996553
TMSA
Zimbabwe
-10.166667
Vumba Mts
Laurenceville
15
16
TANZANIATANZANIA 1
1
2848996700
[959,1423,873,899]
NMK
Fr.
Zimbabwe
Tang. Terr.
15
16
1
2848996602
1900-11-01
Nairobi & Van Someren
Kenya
Escarpment
Ben
Kikuyu
15
16
1
2848996338
[336,1130,944,971]
1930-07-05
1964-02
1930-07-05
NHMUK
H. Young Coll.
Kenya
Ngong
15
16
1
Meru
2848996679
2003-04-26
2003-04-27
2003-04-26
DJLA
D. J. L. Agassiz
Kenya
1750
-0.33333334
Aberdares Country Club
1308
36.883335
Central
15
16
DJLA 1185, 1278
8
5
3
2848996663
1999-08-15
D. J. L. Agassiz
Kenya
Nairobi
1872
-1.3636111
Compound
21
36.796387
Oluloa Forest
15
16
3
1
2
2848996612
1999-08-14
D. J. L. Agassiz
Kenya
Central
1850
-1.0358334
Limuru
21
36.59944
Escarpment
15
16
1
1
2848996352
[679,1319,1088,1115]
1999-06-02
D. J. L. Agassiz
Kenya
1981
Kesogon
Western
15
16
1
1
2848996502
2012-11-03
Agassiz & Beavan & Heckford & Larsen
Kenya
2100
-0.37861112
Castle Forest
21
37.308887
15
16
1
1
2848996428
1958-02
1960-04
1958-02
Verdcourt
Kenya
Nairobi
Townsend
Ruiru
15
16
20
2848996518
[541,949,1197,1223]
1948-02
NMK
Miss Steele
Kenya
Nyeri
15
16
1
Nyeri
2848996314
1999-03-27
MRAC
Dall'Asta
Kenya
Oluloa Forest
Nairobi
15
16
ENT 000006436
1
Nyeri
2848996565
2000-07-16
Agassiz
Uganda
914
Mabira Forest
Central
15
16
1
1
2848996460
[474,1329,1269,1295]
2000-07-18
DJLA
Agassiz.
Uganda
914
Budongo Forest
Western
15
16
1
1
2848996395
Uganda
Escarpment
2438
Doherty
Kikuyu
15
16
17
8
9
2848996341
1930-07-05
1951-02
1930-07-05
Fowler & Coalson & H. Young
Uganda
Ngong
Meru Dist.
Nairobi
15
16
1
1
2848996422
[563,1313,1340,1367]
NHMUK
Sudan
1068
Nagichot
Didings Distr
15
16
1