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Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick 1932

  • 1. 108 - 508, Semteo Village, Irwon-ro 120, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06356, Korea
  • 2. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ISYEB, Entomologie (C. P. 50), 45, rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France
  • 3. Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, CB 28644, Korea

Description

Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick, 1932

Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick, 1932: 203; Gozmány 1978: 164. TL: Guinea. [NHMUK].

Material examined. Guinea: 1♀ (holotype), Lola, Guinea (“French Guinea”), June [19]28, slide no. GU-1436/ Sattler, in NHMUK.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 13.0 mm. This species was described on a single female, which was collected in Lola, Guinea. No additional specimen has been reported. The species can be distinguished from its allies occurring in the Afrotropical Region by a smaller size (wingspan: 13 mm), the light yellow-ochreous head, thorax, and forewing ground colour. At least, all new species described in the present paper, excepting the Eridachtha gymnopalpa species-group, can be distinguished from E. hapalochra Meyrick by their forewing ground colour which is never light yellow-ochreous. It is known that the holotype is in NHMUK (slide no. GU-1436/Sattler), but we had no chance to examine it. According to the original description, vein R 3 is free (“separate”) in the forewing of this species, as in the taxa placed by Janse (1954, 1963) in Atrichozancla.

Female genitalia: 1♀ (holotype), Lola, Guinea (“ French Guinea ”), June [19]28, slide no. GU-1436/ Sattler, in NHMUK.

Male unknown.

Distribution. Guinea (Lola).

Notes

Published as part of Park, Kyu-Tek, Minet, Joël, Koo, Jun-Mo & Yu, Tae-Uk, 2024, Review of the Afrotropical members of the genus Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Lecithocerinae), with descriptions of 12 new species, pp. 275-307 in Zootaxa 5468 (2) on pages 280-281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/11615739

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lecithoceridae
Genus
Eridachtha
Species
hapalochra
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick, 1932 sec. Park, Minet, Koo & Yu, 2024

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1932) n. k. In: Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (7). Meyrick, Marlborough, Wiltshire, pp. 193 - 224.
  • Gozmany, L. (1978) Lecithoceridae. In: Amsel, H. G., Gregor, F. & Reisser, H. (Eds.), Microlepidoptera Palaearctica, Band 5. Georg Fromme & Co., Wien, pp. 1 - 306.
  • Janse, A. J. T. (1954) Gelechiadae [Part]. In: Janse, A. J. T. (Ed.), The moths of South Africa. Vol. 5. Part 4. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, pp. 301 - 464, pls. 137 - 202.
  • Janse, A. J. T. (1963) Gelechiadae [Part]. In: Janse, A. J. T. (Ed.), The moths of South Africa. Vol. 6. Part 3. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, pp. 241 - 284, pls. 130 - 138.