Cryptolectica euryphanta (Meyrick, 1911)

(Figs 7A–F; 8A–C)

Acrocercops euryphanta; Meyrick 1911: 291; Vári 1961: 159–160; pl. 20, fig. 4; pl. 43, fig. 4; pl. 106, fig. 3.

Cryptolectica euryphanta; Triberti 2004: 80.

Material examined. 1♁, 1♀, Cameroon, North Province, Faro River Camp, 275 m, 08°23’N 012°49’E, 09.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins. Gen. preps. VS548, VS549; 1♁, 2♀, same locality, 01.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins; 4♀, same locality, 09.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins; 1♁, Cameroon, North Province, Faro River Camp, 275 m, 08°22’N 012°51’E, 06.v.2005, leg. J. & W. De Prins, in coll. RBINS .

Diagnosis. Among the species of Cryptolectica, C. euryphanta well diagnosed in wing pattern by two wide oblique white fasciae on fuscous background. The male genitalia are highly distinctive with almost parallel sided valva with bluntly rounded cucullus, a pair tufts of long setae on tegumen and two teeth in apical part of aedeagus. In female genitalia, highly spined central part of ductus bursae and two hook-shaped signa separates this species well from other known species of the genus.

Flight period. Adults on the wing are recorded November–January (Vári 1961; Triberti 2004) and in May.

Host plant(s). Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa (Vári 1961); Seychelles (Gerlach & Matyot 2006); Namibia (Triberti 2004); Cameroon (new record).