Ptychopseustis abyssinica, Agassiz, 2022

Agassiz, David, 2022, The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 5174 (2), pp. 101-156 : 127

Ptychopseustis abyssinica sp. n.

Imago (fig. 39): Wingspan 13–15 mm.

Head and appendages whitish buff, maxillary palpus <diameter of eye, labial palpus 1.5× diameter of eye. Thorax and tegulae pale buff. Forewing whitish buff with a scattering of pale fuscous scales. costa whitish with a sequence of five or six dark fuscous spots, dark fuscous along termen. Hindwing whitish, darker towards termen which has a row of small fuscous dots.

Male genitalia: not known.

Female genitalia (fig. 102): ostium not sclerotised, ductus bursae of similar width to ostium and equal in length to the corpus bursae. junction of ductus and corpus bursae strengthened, corpus clothed on the inside with spines.

Diagnosis:The largely plain unicolorous forewing distinguishes this species from others without any conspicuous fascias.

Life history: not known.

Derivation: from the country where the holotype was recorded.

Distribution: Ethiopia, Sudan.

Type material: Holotype ♀ Dire Daoua, Abyssinica ii.1925 (H. Uhlenhuth) NHMUK, two paratypes, same data as holotype ( NHMUK), including BM Pyralidae genitalia slide 23294.