Lecithocera aenicta Janse, 1954

(Fig. 3F)

Lecithocera aenicta Janse, 1954: 337. TL: Verulam, South Africa. [TMSA].

Adult (Fig. 3F). See also Janse (1954, Pl. 156, Fig. 1). Wingspan 12 – 15 mm.

Diagnosis. Male genitalia. See Janse (1954, Pl. 140, Fig. 14- line drawing). Similar to those of Lecithocera myopa but terminal two-thirds of valva parallel-sided and only a little narrower than basal third, whereas in L. myopa the terminal two-thirds of valva are very narrow and tapering. The figure given by Janse (Pl. 151, Fig. 6) is erroneous (see Remarks below).

Material examined. Type no. 3349, ♂ (holotype), [South Africa], Verulam, 28 i 1914, Janse, gen. slide no. 5760). Paratypes: 2♂. types no. 3350 (Umkomaas, 22 i 1914, Janse) and 3352 (Pretoria, 16 i 1917, H.G. Breyer); and 1 paratype in NHMUK. Additional specimens in TMSA: 1♂, Port North, 17 i 1917, C.J. Swierstra, gen. slide no. 5635.

Distribution. South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal) (Janse 1954).

Remarks. Janse (1954) illustrated the male genitalia of the types on Plate 140, Fig. 14, and also on Plate 151, Fig. 6, but they represent two different species. The figure of the former matches well the description of the male genitalia and the latter looks like those of L. ideologa Meyrick, 1937. Additional specimens are placed under the names of these two species; more than 10 under the name of L. aenicta and four under L. ideologa in the collection of TMSA, and they are probably misidentifications of other species (4♂, Knysna, C.P., Garden of Eden, 16–20 i 1955, A.J.T. Janse, gen. slide nos. 2885, 8645, 8662, & 8663; 3♀, same data as preceding specimens; and 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 10–14 i 1955, A.J.T. Janse). The genitalia of these specimens should be re-examined one by one in a future study (the first author had no time to examine all of them, due to the limited time of his visiting period). One male of the series was re-identified as L. ideologa, based on the examination of its genitalia (see the details in the “Remarks” of L. ideologa.