Revision of the genus Adelpherupa Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea,Crambidae, Schoenobiinae) with the description of five new species

The genus Adelpherupa is revised and now includes nine species. The following were previously described: A. flavescens Hampson, A. albescens Hampson, A. typicota (Meyrick) and A. terreus (Zeller), and there are five new species: A. costipuntalis, A. elongalis, A. aethiopicalis, A. lialuiensis and A. pontica. A. pontica was bred from rice in Malawi. Externally most species are very similar. Male and female genitalia are illustrated and additional characters for species identification are found in the tympanal organs, more specifically the sclerotizations of the zona glabra tympani.