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 4623 1 61 89 journal article 26420 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.5 628844a2-73ea-4aed-b578-5d228dc8e736 1175-5326 3253578 F01190BC-7DF5-478A-8130-214313851BF1 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).