Alucita acalyptra (Meyrick, 1913)

Ustjuzhanin, Peter, Kovtunovich, Vasily, Safian, Szabolcs, Maicher, Vincent & Tropek, Robert, 2018, A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), ZooKeys 777, pp. 119-139 : 119

* Alucita acalyptra (Meyrick, 1913)

Orneodes acalyptra Meyrick, 1913: 269. Type locality: Barberton, Republic of South Africa. Holotype: male, TMSA, examined by the authors.

Material examined.

Bamboo Camp, 1 female, (CUK), 17-23.IV.2015, V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, Š. Janeček, R. Tropek.

Diagnosis.

In the mottled grey colour of the wings with contrast zigzag bands, this species is close to A. agassizi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018. In the male genitalia, the shape of the phallus and the lanceolate uncus are similar to A. hemicyclus (Hering, 1917), but it differs by the blunt gnathos and the basally narrow valves.

Distribution.

Malawi, Republic of South Africa, Cameroon.