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Issue: Vol. 5339 No. 4: 31 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.4.2
Page range: 355-368
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Review of the genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) in DR Congo, with description of four new species

108-508 Semteo Vill.; Irwon-ro 120; Gangnam-gu; Seoul 06356; Korea
Department of Plant Medicine; Chungbuk National University; Cheongju; CB 28644; Korea
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science; 1000 Brussels; Belgium
Australian National Insect Collection; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Canberra; Australia
Australian National Insect Collection; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Canberra; Australia
Lepidoptera Lecithocerids long-horned moths Afrotropical fauna taxonomy new synonymy

Abstract

The genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is reviewed, with descriptions of four new species: Lecithocera katangaica Park, sp. nov., L. seydeliella Park, sp. nov., L. cornutispina Park, sp. nov., and L. lusingensis Park, sp. nov. Five species are already recorded from this country: 1) L. chloroscia Meyrick described from DR Congo; 2) L. lucernata Meyrick previously reported from DR Congo by Ghesquière in 1940; 3) L. trifera Meyrick and 4) L. xanthochalca Meyrick, their generic assignments still remain doubtable; and 5) L. ideologa Meyrick. Lecithocera dicentropa Meyrick, 1938 is synonymized as a junior synonym of L. ideologa Meyrick. Adults and the genitalia of the new species and L. ideologa Meyrick are illustrated, and a lectotype for L. trifera Meyrick is designated herein.

 

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