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