Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920

Park, Kyu-Tek, Minet, Joël, Koo, Jun-Mo & Yu, Tae-Uk, 2024, Review of the Afrotropical members of the genus Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Lecithocerinae), with descriptions of 12 new species, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 275-307 : 280

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11617179
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scientific name	Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920
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Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920 View in CoL

Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920a: 285 View in CoL . TL: South Africa. [SAMC].

Atrichozancla cosymbota View in CoL ; Janse 1954: 369; Park & De Prins 2019: 64 View Cited Treatment ; Park et al. 2021: 356.

Material examined. South Africa: Holotype male (Oudebosch, Jan. & Feb.), in SAMC.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 15.0 mm. See Janse (1954: Pl. 157, fig. 5). Head, antenna, labial palpus, and leg pale yellowish-orange. Forewing glossy fuscous, with a few pale scales. The male genitalia of this species can be distinguished from those of E. gymnopalpa ( Janse, 1963) by the following traits: costa of cucullus convex medially (slightly concave in the latter), and not angulate on ventral margin. Janse (1954) noted that the male genitalia are also similar to those of A. phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937 , but with the cucullus slender and the aedeagus devoid of small triangular processes on the upper surface.

Male genitalia. See Janse (1954: Pl. 152, fig. 6).

Female unknown.

Distribution. South Africa (Western Cape).