Review of the Afrotropical members of the genus Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Lecithocerinae), with descriptions of 12 new species
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
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Author
Minet, Joël
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Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, ISYEB, Entomologie (C. P. 50), 45, rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France
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Author
Koo, Jun-Mo
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Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, CB 28644, Korea
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Yu, Tae-Uk
0000-0002-1850-7024
Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, CB 28644, Korea
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-06-12
5468
2
275
307
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
1175-5326
1924D16F-7C42-470D-9405-F23B424DD058
Eridachtha cosymbota
Meyrick, 1920
Eridachtha cosymbota
Meyrick, 1920a: 285
. TL:
South Africa
. [SAMC].
Atrichozancla cosymbota
;
Janse 1954: 369
;
Park & De Prins 2019: 64
;
Park
et al
. 2021: 356
.
Material examined.
South Africa
:
Holotype
male (
Oudebosch
,
Jan.
&
Feb.
), in
SAMC
.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan 15.0 mm. See
Janse (1954
: Pl. 157, fig. 5). Head, antenna, labial palpus, and leg pale yellowish-orange. Forewing glossy fuscous, with a few pale scales. The male genitalia of this species can be distinguished from those of
E. gymnopalpa
(
Janse, 1963
)
by the following traits: costa of cucullus convex medially (slightly concave in the latter), and not angulate on ventral margin.
Janse (1954)
noted that the male genitalia are also similar to those of
A. phaeocrossis
Meyrick, 1937
, but with the cucullus slender and the aedeagus devoid of small triangular processes on the upper surface.
Male genitalia
. See
Janse (1954
: Pl. 152, fig. 6).
Female unknown.
Distribution
.
South Africa
(
Western Cape
).