Protolychnis marginata ( Walsingham, 1891 )

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De, 2019, A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 61-89 : 84

Protolychnis marginata ( Walsingham, 1891)

( Figs. 10E , 11J )

Lecithocera marginata Walsingham, 1891: 104 ; Meyrick, 1925: 240; Rebel & Zerny, 1917: 443. TL: Gambia [NHMUK]. Protolychnis marginata ; Vári et al. 2002: 57.

Adult. ( Fig. 10E ). Wingspan 14 mm.

Diagnosis. The species can be easily distinguished from its allies by having an orange-white streak from base to near 2/3 of costa and a pair of discal spots on the forewing.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 11J ). The genitalia of the holotype in NHMUK are illustrated here.

Material examined. 1♀ (holotype) [ South Africa] in NHMUK, Bathurst, G.T. Carter .

Distribution. Gambia ( Walsingham 1881), South Africa ( Vári et al. 2002), Sudan ( Rebel & Zerny 1917).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Adults and venation of Protolychnis species. A, adult of P. maculata Walsingham, male; B, P. natalensis sp. nov., holotype, male; C, P. chlorotoma Meyrick, holotype in NHMUK; D, P. maculata Meyrick, holotype in NHMUK; E, P. marginata Walsingham, holotype in NHMUK; F, venation of P. maculata; G; additional specimens of P. maculata in TMSA; H, Lecithocera flavipalpis Walsingham, female.

FIGURE 11. Male and female genitalia of Protolychnis species: A, male genitalia of P. maculata Walsingham; B, ditto, aedea- gus; C, ditto, close-up of uncus+ gnathos; D. ditto, abdomen; E, male genitalia of P. natalensis sp. nov.; F, ditto, lateral view; G, ditto, aedeagus; H, ditto, close-up of uncus + gnathos; I, female genitalia of P. maculata Walsingham, holotype in NHMUK; J, female genitalia of P. marginata Walsingham, holotype in NHMUK. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.