Lecithocera binotata Meyrick, 1918

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 : 71

Lecithocera binotata Meyrick, 1918

( Figs. 3G , 5A, B )

Lecithocera binotata Meyrick, 1918: 24 ; Meyrick 1925: 239; Janse 1954: 335; Park 2018: 564 . TL: Umkomaas, South Africa [TMSA].

Adult. ( Fig. 3G ). See also Janse (1954, Pl. 150, Fig. 4 ). Wingspan 11 mm.

Diagnosis. Characterized by the rounded apex of the forewing with a pair of distinct discal stigmata. Abdomen with a bundle of long hair-pencils on segment VI ( Fig. 5C , from Park 2018, Fig. 14b). The species has a similar wing pattern like L. ideologa Meyrick , but it can be distinguished by the male genitalia with narrowly elongated cucullus.

Male genitalia. ( Fig. 5A, B , from Park 2018): See also Janse (1954, pl. 141, fig. 1- line drawing; Pl. 151, Fig. 2 - photo); Park (2018, Figs. 14, 14a). The cucullus is elongated with nearly parallel-sided margins, and the aedeagus is stout, acute apically, with a large sclerotized plate of cornutus.

Material examined. Type no. 579, ♂ (holotype), [ South Africa], Umkomaas, 24 i 1914, A.J.T. Janse, gen. slide no. 5264.

Distribution. Cameroon ( Park 2018), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) ( Meyrick 1918).

Remarks. The species was described based on two males collected at Umkomaas, South Africa, and it was reported from Cameroon ( Park 2018).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Photos in the TMSA. A, Drawers of the Lepidoptera collection in the TMSA; A1, Drawers for the species of Lecithoceridae; B, A drawer of type specimens arranged according to the type numbers (Gelechiidae, Lecithoceridae), which is preserved in a stainless cabinet placed in the fire-proof type-specimens room.

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 5. Male genitalia and adult. A, L. binotata Meyrick, cited from Park (2018, Fig. 14, 14a, Cameroon); B, ditto, aedeagus; C, ditto, abdomen with long hair-like pencils; D, L. ideologa Meyrick, gen. slide no. CIS-7203/Park; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, abdominal segment VIII; G, adult, L. minyodes sp. nov., holotype ♂; H, ditto, male genitalia; I, ditto, close-up of uncus and gnathos; I’, that of L. afrotella, cited from Park (3018, Fig. 15); J, close-up of apical part of cucullus; J’ that of L. afrotella; K. ditto, aedeagus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.