Thaumatovalva spinai

Male. Head: Vertex dark brown mixed with lighter brown, upper frons concolorous with vertex, lower frons cream; labial palpus slightly lighter than vertex, inner surface slightly lighter; antennal scaling brown. Thorax: Dorsum dark brown, mixed with lighter brown, tegula concolorous with dorsum; hind tibia with dark brown patch of expanded scales. Forewing (Fig. 8) length 6.0 mm (n = 2); forewing as described for genus; hindwing upper surface nearly uniformly brown, undersurface slightly darker in anal region; a conspicuous band of shiny white scales along margin of wing extend from lower edge of anal margin to approximately CuP (Fig. 12). Abdomen: Brown; black scale patches not visible on undissected specimens. Genitalia (Fig. 16) with valva narrow basally, broadening to middle, with large, triangular expansion of valva ventrally just before cucullus, outer edge of cucullus rounded, valva attenuate through cucullus, apex rounded; phallus narrow, with bulbous subbasal lobe and conspicuous elongate dorsal lobe ca. 0.66 distance from base to tip. Female. Unknown.

Thaumatovalva spinai is known only from the type locality in Ethiopia at 1400 m elevation. Razowski and Wojtusiak (2012) report a single male from Nigeria (Bendel State, Okomu Forest, 20 Oct 1985), but we are uncertain whether it is conspecific with the holotype. The early stages are unknown.