Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913

Park, Kyu-Tek, Koo, Jun-Mo, Jeong, Su-Yeon, Prins, Jurate De & Prins, Willy De, 2023, Review of the genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) in DR Congo, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 5339 (4), pp. 355-368 : 364

7. Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913

Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913: 294 ; Ghesquière 1940: 58; Janse 1954: 343 ( Leviptera Janse, 1954 ); Park & De Prins 2019b: 73 ; Park et al. 2021: 359.

Type locality: South Africa, Pretoria; Type depository: holotype male in TMSA.

Distribution. DR Congo ( Ghesquière 1940), Namibia ( Park & De Prins 2019b), South Africa ( Meyrick 1913).

Remarks. This species was reported from DR Congo by Ghesquière (1940) based on material collected from Elisabethville (leg. Seydel). The male genitalia were illustrated by Janse (1954, Pl. 142, Fig. 1 ; Pl. 152, Fig. 3 ; Pl. 174, Fig. 6 ), and the female genitalia by Park & De Prins (2019b, Fig. 6B ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Lecithocera katangaica Park, sp. nov., male holotype: A, adult with label; B, head with labial palpus; C, head with antenna; D, genitalia, slide no. CIS-7308; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, abdominal segments VI–VIII (superimposed tergum and sternum VI + sterna VII–VIII left + terga VII–VIII right, with arrows nos. 1–3 pointing to removable spines on tergites).

FIGURE 3. Lecithocera seydeliella Park, sp. nov., paratypes: A, female with label; B, head with labial palpus (gen. slide no. CIS-7537); C, male genitalia, slide no. CIS-7311; D, ditto, aedeagus; E, abdominal segments VII–VIII of male (superimposed terga and sterna, with arrow no. 1 pointing to the medially concave caudal margin of sternum VIII); F, female genitalia, slide no. CIS-7537.

FIGURE 6. Lecithocera spp. Lecithocera ideologa: A, male with label; B, head with antenna; C, male genitalia, slide no. CIS-7296; D, ditto, aedeagus; E, male genitalia, slide no. CIS-7299; F, ditto, aedeagus; G, abdominal segments VII–VIII (superimposed terga and sterna), slide no. CIS-7296. Lecithocera trifera: H, syntype illustrated by Meyrick (1938); I, lectotype (designated herein) with labels, deposited in RMCA.