Cryptolectica euryphanta ( Meyrick, 1911 )

Sruoga, Virginijus & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, New species, new country distribution records, and a new generic combination of Afrotropical Acrocercopinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 5285 (1), pp. 75-115 : 85-87

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).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cryptolectica euryphanta, male.A, adult, scalebar 1 mm; B,head, frontal view; C, genitalia, generalview (aedeagus removed); D, aedeagus; E, apical part of aedeagus; F, caudal part of abdominal pelt, gen. prep. VS548. Scale bar 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 8. Cryptolectica euryphanta, female genitalia. A, caudal part; B, ductus and corpus bursae; C, caudal part of ductus bursae, gen. prep. VS549. Scale bar 0.1 mm.