Ptychopseustis sharporum sp. n. Imago (fig. 34): Wingspan 10–13 mm. Head and appendages pale orange-brown, palpi porrect, maxillary palpus ¾ diameter of eye, labial palpus 1.5 × diameter of eye, antenna ⅔ length of forewing. Thorax and tegulae pale orangebrown. Forewing ground colour pale orange-brown, costa with various clusters of dark fuscous scales, antemedian fascia a dark fuscous line angled at costa then bent towards dorsum making an irregular line, an oblique fuscous discal spot, second fascia similar to first meeting costa at ⅔, a sequence of blackish dots before termen, fringe with dark brown line. Hindwing plain, paler than forewing. Legs whitish with a scattering of dark fuscous scales. Male genitalia (fig. 71): Uncus a rounded triangle, gnathos reaching as far as uncus, heavily sclerotised near apex; valva broad at base then narrow with distal ¼ bent downwards; aedeagus partly curved, cornuti comprised of two serrate strips ¼ length of aedeagus. Female genitalia (fig. 98): Ostium weak, about half width of ovipositor, antrum sclerotised, three times as long as wide, ductus widening gradually from antrum to corpus bursae, a sclerotised ring before corpus, corpus spherical much of the interior covered with minute spines. Diagnosis: Distinguished from other species in the genus by its comparatively small size, and the oblique discal spot between the two fascias of the forewing; in the male genitalia by the shape of the distal part of the valva. Life history: has been reared from Capparis tomentosa. Derivation: Named after A. and I. Sharp who reared the species. Distribution: South Africa, Kenya. Type material: Holotype ♂ SOUTH AFRICA, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, Tshukudu Game Reserve 24° 17’ 09” S 30° 55’ 41” E on Capparis tomentosa l. 7.ii. em. 29.ii.2016 A. & I. Sharp [SHARP M 1213] DJLA slide 11707, 1♀ same data as holotype, l. 10.iv. em. 3.v.2013 [SHARP M1205]; 1♂ KENYA, Masai Mara Game Reserve, 31.iii.1977 leg. D. Burckh. MHNG-ENTO 00086454 (MHNG). Numbers in brackets refer to Staude, (2016).

Published as part of Agassiz, David, 2022, The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 101-156 in Zootaxa 5174 (2) on pages 124-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6986011