On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (III). New or little known species from Central and Oriental Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)

Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo W VAN DER Wolf

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.1

On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (III). New or little known species from Central and Oriental Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)

Zootaxa. 2020 Apr 9;4763(2):zootaxa.4763.2.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.1.

Authors

Giorgio Baldizzone¹, Hugo W VAN DER Wolf

Affiliation

¹ Via Manzoni, 24, I-14100 Asti, Italy.. baldizzonegiorgio@gmail.com.

PMID: 33056863
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.1

Abstract

This work presents a review of the Coleophoridae of Central and Eastern Africa. A lectotype is designated for Coleophora psychropa Meyrick, 1920, and the male genitalia of C. crossanthes Meyrick, 1938, are illustrated for the first time. Coleophora sabaea Baldizzone, 2007, previously known only from Yemen, is added to the African fauna. Nine new species of Coleophora Hübner, 1822 are described: C. schouteni sp. nov., C. giustii, sp. nov., C. centrafricana sp. nov., C. riftella sp. nov., C. camerunensis sp. nov., C. ensifera sp. nov., C. gilgilensis sp. nov., C. nyanzaensis sp. nov., C. silvestris sp. nov.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae, Coleophora, new species, Afrotropical Region.

MeSH terms

Africa
Animals
Male
Moths*