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
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
Author
Prins, Willy De
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-24
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.5
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Protolychnis maculata
(
Walsingham, 1881
)
(
Figs. 10A, D
;
11
A–D, I)
Lecithocera maculata
Walsingham, 1881: 276
. TL:
KwaZulu-Natal
,
South Africa
[NHMUK].
Protolychnis maculata
;
Meyrick 1920: 78
;
Meyrick 1925: 242
;
Meyrick 1938: 13
; Janse 1954: 346.
Adult
. (
Fig. 10A, D
). Wingspan
14 mm
.
Diagnosis
. The
holotype
deposited in the NHMUK is illustrated in
Fig. 10D
, with its wing venation (
Fig. 10F
).
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 11A
–
C
). See also Janse (1954, Pl. 142,
Fig. 5
- line drawing; Pl. 152,
Fig. 4
- photo). The figure of the male genitalia given by Janse (1954, Pl. 148,
Fig. 4
) was erroneously placed near those of other species.
Female genitalia
(
Figs.
11I
). The genitalia of the
holotype
in NHMUK are illustrated here. See also Janse (1954, Pl. 142,
Fig. 3
&
4
- line drawings; Pl. 158,
Figs. 1-b
, photo).
Material examined
.
1♀
(
holotype
) [
South Africa
] in the
NHMUK
; more than
15 specimens
are placed under the name of
P. maculata
in
TMSA
.
Of
these, the genitalia of a male (
P.P.Rust
,
23 vii
[19]25,
A.J.T. Janse
) were dissected (gen. slide no. CIS-7211/
Park
)
.
Distribution
. Rep.
Congo
(
Meyrick 1920
),
DR Congo
(
Meyrick 1938
),
Kenya
(
Meyrick 1920
),
Malawi
(
Meyrick 1920
),
Namibia
(Janse 1954),
South Africa
(
KwaZulu-Natal
) (
Walsingham 1881
),
Tanzania
(
Walsingham 1891
), and
Zimbabwe
(Janse 1954).