Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)

Ustjuzhanin, Peter, Kovtunovich, Vasily, Safian, Szabolcs, Maicher, Vincent & Tropek, Robert, 2018, A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), ZooKeys 777, pp. 119-139 : 119

* Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)

Orneodes chloracta Meyrick, 1908: 507. Type locality: Benin. Holotype: female, BMNH, examined by the authors.

Material examined.

PlanteCam, 5 ex., (CUK, NECJU), 11-18.XII.2014; Elephant Camp, 18 ex., 19-24.XI.2014; Bamboo Camp, 7 ex., (CUK, NECJU), 17-23.IV.2015; Drinking Gari, 1 male, (CUK), 11-23.IV.2015, V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, Š. Janeček, R. Tropek.

Diagnosis.

In the female genitalia, the shape of the bursa copulatrix and the round signum, resemble those of A. entoprocta (Hering, 1917), from which it differs by the wide ductus, the narrow antrum, and by the wings pattern.

Distribution.

Benin, Cameroon.