Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913

(Figs. 3J, 6B)

Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913: 294 . TL: Pretoria [Gauteng], South Africa. [TMSA].

Leviptera lucernata; Janse 1954: 343.

Adult. (Fig. 3J). See also Janse (Pl. 195, Fig. 4). Wingspan 18 mm.

Diagnosis. L. lucernata can be distinguished from the preceding species, L. aenicta and L. ideologa by the forewing which is more elongate, with more blackish ground color, lacking distinct discal stigma. Labial palpus and venation figured in Janse (1954, Pl. 141, fig. 12 & 13).

Male genitalia (see Janse (1954, Pl. 152, Fig. 3 & Pl. 174, Fig. 6 - photos). The male genitalia are more easily distinguished by the shape of the juxta with T-shaped caudal lobes, a very deeply emargination on caudal margin, and the aedeagus with apical spines.

Female genitalia (Fig. 6B). Characterized by the ductus bursae fully filled with numerous nail-like spines in the median part.

Material examined. The type specimen (♂, Gauteng, Pretoria, xi, [year?], C.J. Swierstra) was not found in the TMSA. More than 30 additional specimens (gen. slide nos. 3743, 5630, & 6696) are preserved in the TMSA, including a male (Pret. North, 16 ii 1917, C.J. Swierstra). The genitalia of two females (1♀, Abachaus, SW Africa, ii [19]43, G. Hobohm and 1♀, Abachaus, SW Africa, viii [19]44, G. Hobohm) were dissected, gen. slide no. CIS- 7209/Park and CIS-7210/Park.

Distribution. DR Congo (Katanga) (Ghesquière, 1940), Namibia (new record), South Africa (Gauteng) (Meyrick, 1913).