Atrichozancla cosymbota ( Meyrick, 1920 )

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 : 64

Atrichozancla cosymbota ( Meyrick, 1920)

Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920: 285 ; Meyrick 1925: 220. TL: South Africa, Cape Colony [SAMC].

Atrichozancla cosymbota ; Janse 1954: 369.

Adult. See Janse (1954, Pl. 157, Fig. 5 ). Wingspan 15 mm.

Diagnosis. No diagnostic differences can be detected in external characters.

Male genitalia: the male genitalia of the type specimen, which is preserved in the SAMC, was illustrated by Janse (1954, Pl. 152, Fig. 6 - photo; Pl. 162, Fig. 6 - line drawing). Similar to those of A. gymnopalpa Janse , but the valva has no a triangular protrusion on the ventral margin, and the cucullus is slightly narrowed toward the end beyond middle in A. cosymbota .

Material examined. The holotype ([ South Africa], Oudebosch, Jan. & Feb.) is deposited in the SAMC, not examined, but the figures illustrated by Janse (1954) are cited here.

Distribution. South Africa (Western Cape) ( Meyrick 1920).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male genitalia and adult. A, L. binotata Meyrick, cited from Park (2018, Fig. 14, 14a, Cameroon); B, ditto, aedeagus; C, ditto, abdomen with long hair-like pencils; D, L. ideologa Meyrick, gen. slide no. CIS-7203/Park; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, abdominal segment VIII; G, adult, L. minyodes sp. nov., holotype ♂; H, ditto, male genitalia; I, ditto, close-up of uncus and gnathos; I’, that of L. afrotella, cited from Park (3018, Fig. 15); J, close-up of apical part of cucullus; J’ that of L. afrotella; K. ditto, aedeagus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 6. Male and female genitalia. A, female genitalia of L. flavipalpis Walsingham; B, female genitalia of L. lucernata Meyrick, C, male genitalia of Plagiocrossa picrodora (Meyrick); D, ditto, aedeagus; E, forewing venation; F, close-up lateral view of gnathos; G, abdomen. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.