title: A new genus of Grapholitini from Africa related to Thaumatotibia (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).
abstract: Thaumatovalva gen. n. is described and illustrated from the Afrotropical region. As currently defined the genus includes four species: T. deprinsorum sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of Congo; T. albolineana sp. n. (type species) from the Democratic Republic of Congo; T. spinai (Razowski & Trematerra), comb. n., from Ethiopia and Nigeria; and T. limbata (Diakonoff), comb. n., from the Seychelles and Kenya. Thaumatovalva limbata has been reared from the fruit of Cordia somaliensis Baker and C. monoica Roxb. (Boraginaceae) in Kenya. Although structures of the male and female genitalia are extremely similar among three of the four species, male secondary scales on the under surface of the hindwing easily distinguish them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
authors.forename: Alicia E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Timm
authors.affiliation: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brown
keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Kenya; Seychelles; male secondary scales; morphology; new species; taxonomy