Afrocelestis
| Afrocelestis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Scardiinae |
| Genus: | Afrocelestis Gozmány, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| Afrocelestis evertata Gozmány, 1965 | |
Afrocelestis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1]
The name of this genus is derived from Africa+Celestis Meyrick.
It contains small species. Hairs loose, wings short and broad, cilia long. The species have whitish or yellowish ground coloration, the pattern is brownish, consisting of indistinct marginal spots and some transversal striae or stripes.
Male genitalia: resembling Celestica but uncus bilobate and strongly sclerotized. Tegumen very narrow dorsally, valvae tripartite into various shaped lobes of a complicate structure; no gnathos; aedeagus about as long as saccus, tubular and simple, no cornuti or coremata.[2]
Species
Some species of this genus are:[3]
- Afrocelestis evertata Gozmány, 1965
- Afrocelestis inanis Gozmány, 1968
- Afrocelestis lochaea (Meyrick, 1911)
- Afrocelestis minuta (Gozmány, 1965)
- Afrocelestis sacculata Gozmány, 1968
References
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- ↑ Gozmány, 1965. Four new Tineid Genera from Central Africa. - Lambillionea 64(1–4):2–8.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.19-Aug-2015)
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