A REVISION OF THE ETHIOPIAN DREPANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) 



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Discussion. This group of six species includes one polytypic species strandi 

 containing two subspecies. The particularly wide distribution of marantica (see 

 Map 1) is noteworthy. E. tamsi and under soni form a superspecies : had there 

 been no overlap in their ranges it would have been reasonable to treat them as sub- 

 species of a single species. The species difficilis and ivoirensis probably constitute 

 another superspecies. Three species, andersoni, marantica and strandi, are known 

 to be defoliators of coffee (see Pujol, 1960). 



Key to Species 

 Males 



Genitalia with bilobed valve ; posterior processes of eighth sternum sigmoid (Text- 

 figs. 5, 6, 9-1 1 ) .......... strandi (p. 



Genitalia with simple valve ; posterior processes of eighth sternum not sigmoid 



Outer margin of fore wing very strongly notched between Cu la and Cu lb (Plate 2, fig. 

 2 75) ! genitalia with angulate valve and distinctly shaped eighth sternum (Text- 

 figs. 12, 14) . . . . . . . marantica (p. 



< Miter margin less strongly notched than above between C« la and Cu lb (e.g. Plate 2, 

 fig. 277) ; valve not angulate ; medial process of eighth sternum absent or nearly so 



Genitalia as in Text-figs. 17-19 

 Genitalia not as in Text-figs. 17-19 

 Genitalia as in Text-figs. 20-22 

 Genitalia not as in Text-figs. 20-22 

 Genitalia as in Text-figs. 28-30 

 Genitalia as in Text-figs. 24-26 



13) 

 2 



17) 



andersoni (p. 19) 



4 

 tamsi (p. 22) 



5 



ivoirensis (p. 26) 



difficilis (p. 24) 



Epicampoptera strandi Bryk 

 (Text-figs. 5-1 1 ; PI. 1, figs. 271, 272 ; Map 1) 



Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913 : 8. 



Epicampoptera strandi Bryk ; Gaede in Seitz, 1927 b : 291. [Poor fig.] 



Epicampoptera strandi Bryk ; Gaede, 1931 : 52. 



Epicampoptera strandi Bryk ; Pujol, i960 : 4. [Figs, of eggs, larvae and resting adult.] 



Epicampoptera vulvornata Hering, 1934 a : 4°4- svn - n. 



Diagnosis. q\ $• The only distinctive external character is the usually very pale, con- 

 spicuous postmedial fascia on the hind wing (Plate 1, figs. 271, 272) which contrasts with the less 

 well marked or dark brown fascia of the remaining species of this group. Genitalia, $ (Text- 

 figs. 5, 6, 9-1 1) : eighth sternum remarkably contorted ; saccus globose ; valve bilobed. 

 9 (Text-figs. 7, 8) : with distinctive convoluted ostial plate. 



Measurements. A.P.R. : 3*. ?• 17- Wing : (See subspecies). 



Discussion. Similar to marantica externally but separable from it by the less 

 strongly produced male hind wing, the paler postmedial fascia on the hind wing of 

 both sexes, and by the genitalia. 



Two subspecies are known. A single female from Uganda (in the Coryndon 

 Museum, Nairobi) may represent a third subspecies but further material is needed 

 before this can be confirmed. 



There is considerable variation in the coloration of this species. The ground- 

 colour of the upper surface of the wings may vary from reddish brown (holotype) to 

 dull grey. The subterminal spots are absent in some specimens. 



