Eridachtha gymnopalpa- (Janse, 1963)

Park, Kyu-Tek, Minet, Joël, Koo, Jun-Mo & Yu, Tae-Uk, 2024, Review of the Afrotropical members of the genus Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Lecithocerinae), with descriptions of 12 new species, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 275-307 : 301

Eridachtha gymnopalpa- complex

Eridachtha gymnopalpa ( Janse, 1963) , which was described from Zimbabwe, differs from all previously known species of the genus in the yellowish-orange ground colour of its forewing. One rather similar species, E. hapalochra Meyrick, 1932 , is somewhat different from the rest of the species in the complex: it is smaller in size, and its forewing is covered with buffy brownish scales. Therefore, E. hapalochra is not included in this group. The following three species are grouped with it in the E. gymnopalpa- complex based on a few morphological similarities (including the ground colour of the dorsal surface of the forewing). It should be noted that these three new species are only known from females (whose 2 nd segment of the labial palpus has a normal thickness and is devoid of rough scales above).