Argyrophorodes suttoni, Published, 2012

Agassiz, David J. L., 2012, The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa, Zootaxa 3494, pp. 1-73 : 17

Argyrophorodes suttoni sp. n.

Type locality: River Congo.

Imago (Fig. 31): Wingspan 16–17mm. Head whitish, labial palpus whitish with fuscous scales; maxillary palpus prominent; antenna pale. Thorax whitish. Forewing white; costa with irregular fuscous marks along inner two-thirds, discal spot connected to costa forming triangular blotch; a broad yellow antemedian fascia; two wavy pale fuscous crosslines, borad yellow subterminal band, find subterminal line, termen yellow. Hindwing base yellowish; a broad yellow postmedian band preceded by fine fuscous line; a fine subterminal line; termen yellow, 4–5 black spots in outer half.

Male genitalia: unknown.

Female genitalia (Fig. 148): Ostium broad, antrum narrowed to colliculum, ductus seminalis beginning with a wide chamber, ductus bursae long, gradually broadening into corpus bursae, without signum. Overall length of bursa about half that of abdomen.

Tympanal organs: Venulae straight and widely separated.

Diagnosis: Differs from A. angolensis in the paler markings of the forewing, and weakly defined cross lines. The venulae are shorter and ostial chamber is narrower.

Biology: Unknown.

Derivation: After Dr Stephen Sutton who took the specimens.

Distribution: River Congo.

Material examined: Holotype ♀ and paratype ♀ (slide No. 21449), |“ Zaire River Expedition ,| Mulenda near Bakama | 08˚ 46´S 26˚ 03´E| Riverside oilpalm plantation, papyrus nearby .”