''Afrocelestis'' is a
genus
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of
moth
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s belonging to the
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Tineidae
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.
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 ''
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'' 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.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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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*'' Afrocelestis evertata'' Gozmány, 1965
*'' Afrocelestis inanis'' Gozmány, 1968
*'' Afrocelestis lochaea'' (Meyrick, 1911)
*'' Afrocelestis minuta'' (Gozmány, 1965)
*'' Afrocelestis sacculata'' Gozmány, 1968
References
Scardiinae
Tineidae genera
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