Cryptolectica euryphanta ( Meyrick, 1911 )

Sruoga, Virginijus & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, New species, new country distribution records, and a new generic combination of Afrotropical Acrocercopinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 5285 (1), pp. 75-115 : 85-87

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scientific name	Cryptolectica euryphanta ( Meyrick, 1911 )
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Cryptolectica euryphanta ( Meyrick, 1911) View in CoL

( Figs 7A–F; 8A–C)

Acrocercops euryphanta ; Meyrick 1911: 291; Vári 1961: 159–160; pl. 20, fig. 4; pl. 43, fig. 4; pl. 106, fig. 3.

Cryptolectica euryphanta View in CoL ; Triberti 2004: 80.

Material examined. 1♁, 1♀, Cameroon, North Province , Faro River Camp , 275 m, 08°23’N 012°49’E, 09.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins. Gen. preps. VS548, VS549; 1 GoogleMaps ♁, 2♀, same locality, 01.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins GoogleMaps ; 4♀, same locality, 09.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins; 1♁, Cameroon, North Province , Faro River Camp , 275 m, 08°22’N 012°51’E, 06.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins, in coll. RBINS GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Among the species of Cryptolectica , C. euryphanta well diagnosed in wing pattern by two wide oblique white fasciae on fuscous background. The male genitalia are highly distinctive with almost parallel sided valva with bluntly rounded cucullus, a pair tufts of long setae on tegumen and two teeth in apical part of aedeagus. In female genitalia, highly spined central part of ductus bursae and two hook-shaped signa separates this species well from other known species of the genus.

Flight period. Adults on the wing are recorded November–January ( Vári 1961; Triberti 2004) and in May.

Host plant(s). Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa ( Vári 1961); Seychelles ( Gerlach & Matyot 2006); Namibia ( Triberti 2004);

Cameroon (new record).

References

Gerlach, J. & Matyot, P. (2006) Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 130 pp., 32 pls.

Meyrick, E. (1911) Tortricina and Tineina. In: Gardiner, J. S. (Ed.), Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 14 (3). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 263 - 307. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1911. tb 00085. x

Triberti, P. (2004) Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera, Gracillarioidea). In: Mey, W. (Ed.), The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 1. Esperiana Memoir, 1, pp. 75 - 89.

Vari, L. (1961) South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. Transvaal Museum Memoir, 12, 1 - 238.