Lecithocera myopa Meyrick, 1913

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De, 2019, 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, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 61-89 : 74

Lecithocera myopa Meyrick, 1913

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Lecithocera myopa Meyrick, 1913: 294 ; Janse 1954: 336. TL: Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. [TMSA].

Adult. ( Figs. 3K ). See also Janse (Pl. 195, Fig. 7 ). Wingspan 11 – 12 mm.

Diagnosis. One of the smallest species of Lecithocera in Africa. It is similar to L. binotata , but can be distinguished by the male genitalia.

Male genitalia. See Janse (1954, Pl. 141, Fig. 4 - line drawing; Pl. 152, Fig. 1 - photo). The male genitalia are characterized by the valve tapering from basal half toward apex and the juxta emarginated in V-shape on caudal margin.

Material examined. Type no. 586 (lectotype ♂, designated here) and type no. 587 (paralectotype ♂, gen. slide no. CIS-6577), [ South Africa], Barberton, leg. A. J. T. Janse, both deposited in TMSA, fig. 3K. Additional specimen: 1♂, [ South Africa], Barberton, 20 i 1911, leg. A.J.T. Janse, gen. slide no. CIS-6576.

Distribution. South Africa (Mpumalanga) ( Meyrick 1913).

Remarks. The species was described based on three males collected from Barberton, South Africa in December, and two type specimens are deposited in the TMSA.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photos in the TMSA.A, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (= formerly Transvaal Museum) in Pretoria; B, An exhibition at the entrance of the museum; C, Photo of A.J.T. Janse (1875–1970).

FIGURE 3. Adults of Lecithocerinae with their labels: A, Atrichozancla gymnopalpa Janse, lectotype ♂; B, Atrichozancla phaeocrossis Meyrick, paratype ♂; C. Eridachtha crossogramma (Meyrick), holotype ♂; D, Frisilia compostoma Meyrick, holotype ♂; E, Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, lectotype ♂; F, Lecithocera aenicta Meyrick, holotype ♂; G, L. binotata Mey- rick, holotype ♂; H, L. flavipalpis Walsingham, holotype ♀; I, L. ideologa Meyrick, holotype ♂; J, L. lucernata Meyrick, ♂ specimen; K, L. myopa Meyrick, lectotype ♂; L, Plagiocrossa picrodora (Meyrick), lectotype ♀.

FIGURE 4. Male and female genitalia. A, male genitalia of Atrichozancla gymnopalpa Janse, a paratype, gen. slide no. CIS- 7206/Park; B, ditto, close-up of aedeagus; C, ditto, abdomen; D, male genitalia of Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, gen. slide no. CIS-7222/Park; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, right valva of a Taiwanese specimen; G, ditto, aedeagus; H. female genitalia of H. lophophora Janse, gen. slide no. CIS-7223/Park. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 7. Adults. A, Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, male; B, Idiopteryx bivia (Meyrick), male; C, I. discopuncta (Janse), female; D, I. obliquella Walsingham, male; E, I. jansei sp. nov., paratype, male; F, ditto, hind leg; G, I. natalensis sp. nov., holotype, male; H, ditto, hind leg.