Plagiocrossa Janse, 1949

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F01190BC-7DF5-478A-8130-214313851BF1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5932387
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scientific name	Plagiocrossa Janse, 1949
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Genus Plagiocrossa Janse, 1949 View in CoL

Type species: Lecithocera picrodora Meyrick, 1913

The genus Plagiocrossa Janse is an Afrotropical monotypic genus. It is very close to Lecithocera , but it can be distinguished by R 5 reaching termen, well below the apex. It is also differentiated from Eridachtha by having R 3 free and CuA 1 and CuA 2 stalked in the forewing, M 2 present in the hindwing, whereas R 3 is stalked with R 4+5 and CuA 1 and CuA 2 free in the forewing and M 2 absent in the hindwing in Eridachtha .