Three new genera and ten new species of the subfamily Lecithocerinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Cameroon, Africa, based on material collected in 1913 - 18
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
text
Zootaxa
2018
4415
3
561
579
journal article
30138
10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.9
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Genus
Notioseus
Park
,
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Notioseus cupripennis
Park
,
sp. nov.
TL:
Cameroon
.
Diagnosis.
Notioseus
Park
seems to be related to
Lecithocera
Herrich-Shäffer. The
labial palpus is similar to that of
Eridichtha
Meyrick (
type
species
E. paralocha
Meyrick
from
India
), with long, dense hairs dorsally, and the forewing venation is similar to that of
Eurodachtha
Gozmány
(
type
species:
Lecithocera pallicornella
Staudinger
from
Spain
), with R3 free and CuA1 free from CuA2, but the hindwing venation differs with a very unusual venation: M2 absent, and M3 and CuA1 coincident, which differs from that of any known related genus. The male genitalia are also similar to those of
Eurodachtha
in having a ring-shaped plate near basal lobes of the uncus, which formerly was considered unique to
Eurodachtha
.
This combination of characters of the labial palpus, male genitalia, and wing venation is not found in other known genera of the subfamily, hence, a new genus
Notioseus
Park
is proposed herein.
Description for venation.
Forewing with R1 arising from before middle, distance between origin of R1 and R2 more than twice that between R2 and R3; R3 free, close to stalk of R4+5 at base; R4 and R5 stalked in basal half; R5 to termen; M2 present; M3 from between M2 and CuA1; CuA1 free; CuA2 arising from near lower corner of cell. Hindwing with M2 absent; M3 and CuA1 coincident (
Fig. 25
).
Etymology.
The generic name is derived from the Greek,
notios
(= southern) +
seos
(= moth), and the gender is masculine.