Afrocelestis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
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 Celestica 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.Gozmány, 1965. Four new Tineid Genera from Central Africa. - Lambillionea 64(1–4):2–8.
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) Afrocelestis evertata Gozmány, 1965 Afrocelestis inanis Gozmány, 1968 Afrocelestis lochaea (Meyrick, 1911) Afrocelestis minuta (Gozmány, 1965) Afrocelestis sacculata Gozmány, 1968
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