Lecithocera ideologa 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 : 72

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.5

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Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937
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Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937 View in CoL

( Figs. 3I View FIGURE 3 , 5D, E View FIGURE 5 )

Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937: 96 View in CoL ; Janse 1954: 335. TL: Eastern Cape, South Africa. [TMSA].

Adult. ( Fig. 3I View FIGURE 3 ). See also Janse (Pl. 195, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ). Wingspan 12 – 15 mm. The species is superficially similar to L. binotata View in CoL , but it can be distinguished by the male genitalia with the valva tapered on ventral margin in distal 1/3.

Diagnosis. Male genitalia ( Figs. 5D, E View FIGURE 5 ). See also Janse (1954, pl. 141, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 - line drawing; Pl. 151, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 - photo). The male genitalia are characterized by the valva tapering on the ventral margin from 2/3 to rounded apex, and the aedeagus broadened and bent in basal 1/3, tapering slightly toward apex; cornuti consisting of two large, sclerotized, more or less elongate-triangular plates at middle and a patch of numerous minute spines near base.

Female genitalia. See Janse (1954, Pl. 141, Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 - signum; Pl. 159, Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 & 4 View FIGURE 4 ). The signum is large, triangular, densely serrated.

Material examined. Type no. 578, ♂ (holotype), [ South Africa], Cape Colony, Port St. Johns, Jan. [no year], A.J.T. Janse. Four additional specimens (1♂, Port St. Johns, x 1915, H.H. Swinny, gen. slide no. CIS-6575; 1♂, Bela Vista, x 1916, C.J. Swierstra, gen. slide no. 5700; 1♂, Umvuma, Rhod, 20 xii 1917, A.J.T. Janse) are deposited in TMSA. 1♂, Knysna, C.P., Garden of Eden, 16-20 i 1955 (gen. slide no. CIS-7203/Park) which is placed under the label of L. aenicta in TMSA, was re-identified as this species.

Distribution. Mozambique (Janse 1954), Namibia ( Mey 2007), South Africa (Eastern Cape) (Meyrick 1937).

Remarks. The species was described based on a single male collected in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

TMSA

Transvaal Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lecithoceridae

Genus

Lecithocera

Loc

Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De 2019
2019
Loc

Lecithocera ideologa

Meyrick 1937: 96
1937
Loc

L. binotata

Meyrick 1918
1918
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