Atrichozancla phaeocrossis (Meyrick, 1937)

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 : 67

Atrichozancla phaeocrossis (Meyrick, 1937)

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Eridachtha phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937: 96 . TL: South Africa, Transvaal [TMSA].

Atrichozancla phaeocrossis ; Janse 1954: 369.

Adult. ( Fig. 3B ). See also Janse (1954, Pl. 157, Fig. 6 - adult; Pl. 162, Fig. 5 - labial palpus). Wingspan 13 – 14 mm.

Diagnosis. The long, needle-like 3 rd segment of labial palpus is a distinct diagnostic character to separate A. phaeocrossis from its allies.

Male genitalia. See Janse (1954, Pl. 152, Fig. 5 - photo). Similar to those of A. cosymbota , but the valva is less slender and the aedeagus is straightened in distal third in A. phaeocrossis while valva is broader and aedeagus is not straightened in distal third in A. cosymbota .

Material examined. Type no. 571, ♂ (holotype), [ South Africa], Transvaal, Pilgrims Rest, Skea, xii [19]20, Coll. Janse. Paratypes ♂: Types no. 572 and 573, gen. slide no. 3737.

Distribution. South Africa (Mpumalanga) (Meyrick 1937).

Remarks. The species was described, based on four males collected in December by A.J.T. Janse.

Figures

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 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.

FIGURE 6. Male and female genitalia. A, female genitalia of L. flavipalpis Walsingham; B, female genitalia of L. lucernata Meyrick, C, male genitalia of Plagiocrossa picrodora (Meyrick); D, ditto, aedeagus; E, forewing venation; F, close-up lateral view of gnathos; G, abdomen. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.