+2Kontinente:AF
3. Weitere Informationen
3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
Bidzilya & Rajaei (2026: 12) erklären: "The species name is derived from the Latin word “orientus” – means eastern, and refers to the species’ distribution in Eastern Africa."
3.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik
Bidzilya & Rajaei (2026: 11) diagnostizieren: "This species is characterized by its light brown forewing with dark brown irroration, and dark brown spots in the fold and in the cell corner. Externally, it closely resembles E. sirota, but the latter usually exhibits more distinct dark brown suffusion along the veins and in the subapical area, and is larger in wingspan (12-14 mm versus 10.0-10.2 in the new species). The male genitalia of E. afrorientellus sp. nov. differ from those of E. sirota by the undivided apical vincular process (divided in E. sirota), and a short, broad, subapical triangular process in the phallus (long and narrow in E. sirota), and the phallus approximately equal to the combined length of the uncus and tegumen (longer than combined length of uncus and tegumen in E. afrorientellus sp. nov.)."
Die Art ist nur durch den Holotypus aus Kenia und den Paratypus aus Äthiopien bekannt.
3.3. Typenmaterial
Bidzilya & Rajaei (2026: 11) schrieben zum Typenmaterial: "Holotype ♀, Kenya, Rift Valley, L. Bogoria, 3000ft, 6.ii.1999, leg. D. Agassiz; gen. slide 344/23, O. Bidzilya (DA). Paratype: 1 ♂, Ethiopia, Bahar Dal, Juni/Juli, 1969, leg. Schäuffele; gen. slide 361/23, O. Bidzilya (SMNS)."
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
3.4. Literatur
- Erstbeschreibung: Bidzilya, O.V. & H. Rajaei (2026): A taxonomic review of the genus Ephysteris Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Afrotropical region. — Zootaxa, 5796 (1): 1–37.
