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6E1787D92A51F05E0BB1F8E1FBCB51CF.text	6E1787D92A51F05E0BB1F8E1FBCB51CF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha Meyrick. It 1910	<div><p>Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910</p><p>Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910: 440 . Type species: Eridachtha prolocha Meyrick, 1910 .</p><p>Atrichozancla Janse, 1954: 368, syn. nov. Type species: Eridachtha phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A51F05E0BB1F8E1FBCB51CF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A50F0590BB1F984FD9C5738.text	6E1787D92A50F0590BB1F984FD9C5738.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick, 1920</p><p>(Fig. 3)</p><p>Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick, 1920b: 76; Park et al. 2021: 357. TL: Kenya. [MNHN].</p><p>Material examined. Kenya: 1♂ (lectotype, type no. M601, designated by Viette (1951)),“British East Africa”, Kenya ( Mount Kenya, west slope), lower forests ( Podocarpus), 2,400 m, station no. 39, Jan.–Feb. 1912, leg. Ch. Alluaud &amp; R. Jeannel, genitalia slide: prep. J. Minet no. 1668, in MNHN. Additional 3 type specimens (paralectotypes, male and females) are housed in MNHN and NHMUK .</p><p>Diagnosis. Male (Figs 3A, C). Wingspan 18.0–21.0 mm (forewing length of the lectotype: 9.7 mm). Since the species was described from Kenya, no further specimen was apparently collected. The male genitalia of the lectotype (prep. J. Minet no. 1668, in MNHN) are illustrated and described for the first time. The forewing venation (Fig. 3C) has the vein R 3 free (separated from R 4+5); R 4 and R 5 are stalked for basal 3/5. The male genitalia are similar to those of A. phaeochlora Meyrick, 1920, but they can be distinguished by the gnathos whose basal plate is slightly convex on the caudal margin (while sharply produced in the latter); Furthermore, the cucullus is slenderer and the median process on anterior margin of juxta is narrower.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 3D–F): uncus basal lobes with ovate lateral arms, concave into V-shape. Mesal process of gnathos small, strongly bent downward pre-apically. Costal bar connecting tegumen and valva narrowly banded, slightly angulate medially. Valva broadly concave on ventral margin; cucullus narrowly elongated, nearly parallel-sided, with short spines densely distributed along ventral margin; apex rounded; sacculus broadly developed. Juxta with large, thumb-like process on anterior margin medially. Aedeagus nearly as long as valva, as wide as cucullus, bent medially, with a linear sclerotized cornutus, which is slightly arched medially.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Central).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A50F0590BB1F984FD9C5738	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A56F0590BB1FEE1FD0B5553.text	6E1787D92A56F0590BB1FEE1FD0B5553.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920</p><p>Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920a: 285 . TL: South Africa. [SAMC].</p><p>Atrichozancla cosymbota; Janse 1954: 369; Park &amp; De Prins 2019: 64; Park et al. 2021: 356.</p><p>Material examined. South Africa: Holotype male (Oudebosch, Jan. &amp; Feb.), in SAMC.</p><p>Diagnosis. Wingspan 15.0 mm. See Janse (1954: Pl. 157, fig. 5). Head, antenna, labial palpus, and leg pale yellowish-orange. Forewing glossy fuscous, with a few pale scales. The male genitalia of this species can be distinguished from those of E. gymnopalpa (Janse, 1963) by the following traits: costa of cucullus convex medially (slightly concave in the latter), and not angulate on ventral margin. Janse (1954) noted that the male genitalia are also similar to those of A. phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937, but with the cucullus slender and the aedeagus devoid of small triangular processes on the upper surface.</p><p>Male genitalia. See Janse (1954: Pl. 152, fig. 6).</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. South Africa (Western Cape).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A56F0590BB1FEE1FD0B5553	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A56F0590BB1FC48FE5F534C.text	6E1787D92A56F0590BB1FC48FE5F534C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha gymnopalpa (Janse 1963) Park & Minet & Koo & Yu 2024	<div><p>Eridachtha gymnopalpa (Janse, 1963), comb. nov.</p><p>Atrichozancla gymnopalpa Janse, 1963: 246; Park &amp; De Prins 2019: 67; Park et al. 2021: 356. TL: Zimbabwe. [TMSA].</p><p>Material examined. Zimbabwe: 1♂ (lectotype, type no. 4425, designated by Park &amp; De Prins, 2019: 67), in TMSA . Paralectotypes (5♂, 18♀, gen. slide nos. 2997 (♂), 8347 (♂), CIS-7206 (♂)), in TMSA .</p><p>Diagnosis. Wingspan 16.0–17.0 mm. See Janse (1954: Pl. 134e). Head, antenna, labial palpus, and forewing ground colour yellowish-orange. Forewing vein R 3 free. The male genitalia can be distinguished from those of E. cosymbota Meyrick as noted for the above species, having the ventral margin strongly angulate.</p><p>Male genitalia. See Janse (1963: Pl. 108); Park &amp; De Prins (2019: Figs 4A, B).</p><p>Female genitalia. See Janse (1960: Pl. 108 (corpus bursae); 1963: Pl. 127f, g).</p><p>Distribution. Zimbabwe.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A56F0590BB1FC48FE5F534C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A56F05A0BB1FA35FDB556F0.text	6E1787D92A56F05A0BB1FA35FDB556F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick 1932	<div><p>Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick, 1932</p><p>Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick, 1932: 203; Gozmány 1978: 164. TL: Guinea. [NHMUK].</p><p>Material examined. Guinea: 1♀ (holotype), Lola, Guinea (“French Guinea”), June [19]28, slide no. GU-1436/ Sattler, in NHMUK .</p><p>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 .</p><p>Female genitalia: 1♀ (holotype), Lola, Guinea (“ French Guinea ”), June [19]28, slide no. GU-1436/ Sattler, in NHMUK.</p><p>Male unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Guinea (Lola).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A56F05A0BB1FA35FDB556F0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A55F05B0BB1FE91FD9C5530.text	6E1787D92A55F05B0BB1FE91FD9C5530.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha phaeochlora Meyrick 1920	<div><p>Eridachtha phaeochlora Meyrick, 1920</p><p>(Fig. 4)</p><p>Eridachtha phaeochlora Meyrick, 1920b: 76; Meyrick 1925: 220; Viette 1951: 90. TL: Kenya. [MNHN]. Material examined. Kenya: 1♂ (holotype, type no. M478), British East Africa, Kenya (Mount Kenya, west slope), alpine grassland with tree-heaths, 3,300 –3,500 m, station no. 43, Jan.–Feb. 1912 (“1911” in the original description), leg. Ch. Alluaud &amp; R. Jeannel, genitalia slide: prep. J. Minet no. 1667, in MNHN.</p><p>Diagnosis. Male (Figs 4A, C). Wingspan 21.0 mm. No further specimen has been found, apparently, since the species was described from Kenya. This taxon is superficially similar to E. cosymbota Meyrick but can be distinguished from the latter as noted above (see E. cosymbota). It is also similar to E. calamopis Meyrick but can be distinguished by the forewing venation (Fig. 4C), its vein R 3 being stalked with R 4+5 (for almost ¼ of its length). The male genitalia (Figs 4D–F) are also similar to those of E. calamopis (Figs 3D–F) but can be distinguished by the gnathos which has a strongly convex caudal margin of the basal plate and by the broader cucullus.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 4D–F): uncus basal lobes semi-ovate, directed outward. Gnathos basal plate elongated, strongly convex on caudal margin. Costal bar banded and slightly angulate medially. Valva broad basally; cucullus broad basally, slightly narrowed distally, with a row of long bristles near lower corner, with numerous minute spines along ventral margin; costal margin slightly convex medially; sacculus broadly developed; apex rounded. Juxta shield-shaped, lacking latero-caudal processes; anterior margin with thumb-like median process. Vinculum U-shaped, nearly flat anteriorly. Aedeagus somewhat slender, slightly shorter than valva, bifurcated apically, with a pair of small triangular processes on dorsal margin pre-apically; cornutus absent.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Central).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A55F05B0BB1FE91FD9C5530	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A54F05B0BB1FCE9FD1353B7.text	6E1787D92A54F05B0BB1FCE9FD1353B7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha phaeocrossis Meyrick 1937	<div><p>Eridachtha phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937</p><p>Eridachtha phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937: 96 . TL: Transvaal, South Africa. [TMSA].</p><p>Atrichozancla phaeocrossis; Janse 1954: 369; Park et al. 2021: 356.</p><p>Material examined. South Africa: 1♂ (holotype, type no. 571), Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, Skea, xii [19]20, Coll. Janse, in TMSA. Paratypes 3♂: Type nos. 572 and 573, gen. slide no. 3737, in TMSA, NHMUK .</p><p>Diagnosis. Wingspan 13.0–14.0 mm. The head, antenna, labial palpus are straw yellow but the forewing ground colour is buffy brown. This species is characterized by the forewing vein R 3, which is separated from R 4+5 (R 4 stalked with R 5 from beyond 2/3), the roughly scaled 2 nd segment of the labial palpus (with tufts above and below), and the 3 rd segment which is longer than the 2 nd segment, needle-like, nearly straight.</p><p>Male genitalia. See Janse (1954: Pl. 152, fig. 5; Pl. 157, fig. 6). Janse (1954) noted that the male genitalia resemble those of E. cosymbota Meyrick but differ from the latter by the aedeagus which possesses a pair of small, triangular processes on the upper side near the apex.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. South Africa (Mpumalanga).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A54F05B0BB1FCE9FD1353B7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A54F0550BB1FA6BFE225210.text	6E1787D92A54F0550BB1FA6BFE225210.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha campanella Park 2024	<div><p>1. Eridachtha campanella Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 57AE0A07-4DA6-47E4-A585-CCAF008D0437</p><p>(Fig. 5)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype male: Kenya, Central, Aberdares C. Club 6,000 ft, 30 v 2000, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7606, in NHMUK . Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype, gen. slide no. CIS-7607, in NHMUK; 1♀, Central, Naro Moru, 6,500 ft, 27 xii 1999, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7617, in NHMUK ; 1♀, Rift Valley Province, Gilgil, 2,110 m, 37MBV 0668 4636, 23–24 xi 2008, leg. L. Aarvik, D. Agassiz &amp; A. Kingston, gen. slide no. CIS-7603, in NHMO ; 1♀, Rift Valley, Gilgil, 2,100 m, 0˚29'S 36˚22'E, 2 ix 2006, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, in NHMUK ; 1♀, Rift Valley, Gilgil, 2,100 m, 0˚32'S 36˚22'E, 26 xi 2005, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, in NHMUK ; 1♀, Rift Valley, Rumuruti, 1,800 m, 0˚20'N 36˚35'E, 29 iv 2003, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, in NHMUK .</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is superficially similar to E. nairobiensis Park, sp. nov., but it is larger than the latter; forewing with distinct blackish discal stigmata, termen less oblique and remarkably concave. The male genitalia can be distinguished by the more elongated cucullus; juxta smaller, with digitate median lobe on anterior margin, and aedeagus with a small, sclerotized, wedge-shaped cornutus.</p><p>Description. Male and female (Figs 5A, B). Wingspan 14.0–15.0 mm.</p><p>Head: vertex yellow white, furrowed centrally, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna about 1.2 times longer than forewing; scape elongated, slightly dilated, yellowish-white throughout, without annulation. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, with more rough scales ventrally; yellowish-brown in basal half and yellowish-white beyond on outer surface; 3 rd segment strongly upturned, slightly longer than 2 nd segment, dark brown ventrally. Thorax: tegula yellowish-white dorsally, dark brown along anterior margin; thorax yellowish-white dorsally. Forewing ground colour yellowish-white, densely covered with bronze yellowish-brown scales; costa slightly arched beyond middle; apex produced; termen oblique, slightly concave; fringe yellowish-brown with narrow basal line; venation with R 1 arising from near middle; distance between R 2 and R 3 about 3 times that separating R 3 and R 4+5 at base; R 3 free; R 4 and R 5 stalked beyond basal 3/5; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from R 4+5; M 3 arising from middle between M 2 and CuA 1 at base; CuA 2 from near lower corner of discal cell. Hindwing greyishwhite; apex produced; termen oblique, slightly concave.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on dorsal surface.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 5C,D):uncus basal lobes semi-ovate.Gnathos basal plate more or less elongated, triangularly produced on caudal margin. Coastal bar narrow, nearly not angulate medially. Valva broad basally, slightly angulate on ventral margin medially; cucullus elongated, narrowed in basal part; costa convex beyond half, densely setose along ventral margin; apex rounded; sacculus broadly developed, heavily sclerotized. Juxta shield-shaped, rather small, with narrow, membranous latero-caudal processes; slightly emarginated on caudal margin; anterior margin with digitate median lobe. Vinculum broadened apically, with a nearly flattened saccal zone. Aedeagus as long as valva, narrowly produced apically, with a pair of denticles before apex dorsally and a small, sclerotized, wedge-shaped cornutus.</p><p>Female genitalia (Figs 5E, F): apophyses anteriores somewhat thick, about 2/3 the length of apophyses posteriores. Ostium bursae widened, irregularly margined. Antrum cup-shaped, slightly broadened posteriorly, about 1.5 times wider than long. Ductus bursae membranous, narrow in posterior 2/5 (about twice the length of the antrum), anterior 3/5 broadened, as wide as corpus bursae, not well demarcated from corpus bursae; ductus seminalis arising from the broadened part. Corpus bursae large, ovate; signum broad, airflight-shaped, with weakly sclerotized quadrate upper plate and smaller lower plate.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Central, Rift Valley).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin, - campana (= bell), referring to the bell-shaped antrum of the female genitalia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A54F0550BB1FA6BFE225210	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A5AF0500BB1FB09FDD7551C.text	6E1787D92A5AF0500BB1FB09FDD7551C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha cardialis Park & Minet & Koo & Yu 2024	<div><p>2. Eridachtha cardialis Park, sp, nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: EA376451-2D2F-4B83-98CF-C64E4FB5C439 (Figs 6, 7)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype male: Kenya [COLL. MUS. TERVUREN], Aberdares Nat. Park, Ruhuruini Gate, Salient alt. 2,126 m, 00˚23'S 36˚52'E (A7), 21 xi 2000, leg. Ugo Dall'Asta, gen. slide no. CIS-7529, in RMCA . Paratypes: 3♂, Kenya, same data as holotype, leg. Ugo Dall'Asta, gen. slide nos. CIS-7528, -7310, &amp; -7600, in RMCA; 1♀, Central, Castle Forest Lodge, 0˚22'51''S 37˚18'35''E, 2,050 m, 24 x 2016, D. Agassiz &amp; K. Larsen, gen. slide no. CIS-7580 (wing slide no. CIS-7589), in NHMUK ; 3♂, same locality, 25 x 2016, D. Agassiz &amp; K. Larsen, gen. slide no. CIS-7530, in NHMUK; 1♀, same locality, 27 x 2016, D. Agassiz &amp; K. Larsen, gen. slide no. CIS-7602, in NHMUK; 1♂, Kenya, The Ark, Aberdares 7,500 ft, 31 v 2000, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7539, in NHMUK .</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is similar to E. calamopis Meyrick, which was described from Kenya, but it can be distinguished by its forewing ground colour (greyish-brown), shape (wing slightly dilated distally), and venation (with R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 2/3 (Fig. 6D), whereas these veins are stalked for about 1/ 2 in E. calamopis (Fig. 3C). The male genitalia are also very similar to those of the latter (prep. J. Minet no. 1668), but they can be distinguished by the basal plate of gnathos which is more elongated, with a triangularly produced apical margin (Fig. 7C), costa of valva less concave, cucullus shorter and broader; and median protrusion on anterior margin of juxta narrower.</p><p>Description. Male and female (Figs 6A–E). Wingspan 16.0–17.0 mm.</p><p>Head: orange-white, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna longer than forewing; scape dilated distally, orange-white throughout, without annulation. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, with rough scales dorsally and ventrally; orange-white on outer surface, irrorated with brownish scales centrally, orange-white on inner surface; 3 rd segment slightly shorter than 2 nd segment.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax orange-white. Forewing ground colour greyish-brown, densely scattered with yellowish-brown scales evenly, with a small visible discocellular spot at end of discal cell, without any distinct markings; costa arched beyond 3/4; apex somewhat rounded; termen oblique, slightly concave medially; fringe concolourous with ground colour; venation (Fig. 6D) with R 1 arising from about 2/5 of discal cell; distance between R 2 and R 3 about twice that separating R 3 and R 4+5 at base; R 3 free; R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 3/4; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from R 4+5; M 2 well-developed, close to M 3 at base; CuA 1 and CuA 2 connate. Hindwing ground colour greyish; apex produced; fringe concolourous with ground colour; M 3 and CuA 1 coincident; M 2 stalked with M 3 +CuA 1 for basal 2/5; discal cell open.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on upper surface; lacking long hair-pencils; sternum VIII of male slightly concave medially on caudal margin (Fig. 7D).</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 7A–C): basal lobes of uncus heart-shaped, with ovate lateral arms, deeply concave on caudal margin. Basal plate of gnathos elongated, triangularly produced apically. Costal bar narrowly banded, and slightly angulate medially. Valva broad basally; costa concave medially; saccular margin slightly concave; cucullus elongated, as long as basal part of valva, costal margin slightly convex beyond middle, densely setose with rounded apex; sacculus broadly developed. Juxta shield-shaped with concaved lateral margin and small spine-like latero-caudal processes; median lobe on anterior margin thumb-like. Vinculum broadened. Aedeagus about as long as valva, as wide as cucullus, slightly bent medially, with a pair of small triangular processes pre-apically on dorsal surface; cornuti consisting of a long cluster of numerous setae as long as about 2/3 of aedeagus.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 7F): posterior margin of abdominal sternite VIII emarginated medially. Apophyses anteriores somewhat thick, forked apically, about half the length of apophyses posteriores. Ostium bursae slightly concave. Antrum large, cup-shaped, narrowed anteriorly, membranous. Ductus bursae narrowed in distal 1/3, extremely broadened in anterior 2/3, as wide as half width of corpus bursae, conjunction between ductus bursae and corpus bursae not demarcated; ductus seminalis arising before corpus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate; signum with heavily sclerotized, triangular upper plate and large, weakly sclerotized, quadrate lower plate.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Central).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek, - kardia (= heart), referring to the heart-shaped basal lobes of the uncus in the male genitalia.</p><p>Remarks. Two additional specimens (1♂, same locality as holotype, 4 iv 2000, Ugo Dall'Asta, gen. slide no. CIS-7312, in RMCA, and 1♂, Rift Valley Gilgil, 2,100 m, 0˚32'S 36˚22'E, 26 xi 2005, D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7541, in NHMUK) are not included in the type series, due to the observed slight difference in the shape of the cucullus (slightly dilated distally) or the forewing ground colour. A molecular study of these specimens would be required to specify their taxonomic status.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A5AF0500BB1FB09FDD7551C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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6E1787D92A5FF0510BB1FC05FDE45175.text	6E1787D92A5FF0510BB1FC05FDE45175.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha centriella Park 2024	<div><p>3. Eridachtha centriella Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 16D2EEF4-4AC3-471A-8A32-B127CC1FBEC0 (Fig. 8)</p><p>Type specimen. Holotype male: Kenya, Central, Aberdare C. Club, 0˚20’S 36˚33’E, 1,750 m, 27 iv 2003, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7533, in NHMUK.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is more or less similar to the new species, E. nairobiensis Park sp. nov. in the forewing pattern, but it is larger in size and the 2 nd segment of the labial palpus with rough scales dorsally and ventrally, whereas in E. nairobiensis with rough scales ventrally only. The male genitalia can be distinguished by the cucullus being more elongated with a strongly convex costal margin medially, while in E. nairobiensis, the cucullus is less elongated and slightly convex beyond the middle.</p><p>Description. Male (Figs 8A–C). Wingspan 14.5 mm.</p><p>Head: orange-white, with orange-white erect scales laterally. Antenna shorter than forewing; scape orange-white throughout, slightly dilated distally, without annulation. Second segment of labial palpus thickened with rough scales above and below; yellowish-brown in basal 2/3 and orange-white in apical 1/3 on outer surface, orange-white on inner surface; 3 rd segment slightly longer than 2 nd segment.</p><p>Thorax: tegula yellowish-brown, thorax orange-white dorsally. Hind tibia with setae-like yellowish-brown scales above and below (Fig. 8C). Forewing broad, slightly dilated distally, densely covered with yellowish-brown scales evenly, with a pair of dark-brown discal stigmata at middle and at end of discal cell; costa gently in basal 1/3; apex obtuse; termen oblique, slightly concave medially; fringe with narrow orange-white basal line and dark brown median band; R 3 free, very close to R 4+ 5 in basal 1/4. Hindwing ground colour greyish; apex somewhat rounded; fringe with a yellowish-white basal line; M 3 coincident with CuA 1; M 2 and M 3 +CuA 1 short-stalked.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on upper surface; lacking long hair-pencils; sternum VIII slightly concave medially on caudal margin (Fig. 8F).</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 8D, E): uncus basal lobes semi-ovate. Gnathos basal plate quadrate triangularly produced apically. Costal bar banded, sclerotized, not angulate medially. Valva broad basally; cucullus elongated, narrowed in basal 1/3, strongly convex medially; sacculus broadly developed, heavily sclerotized. Juxta with slender membranous latero-caudal processes; emarginated medially; anterior margin more or less triangularly produced. Vinculum broad, U-shaped, sclerotized along lateral margin, with a rounded saccal zone. Aedeagus nearly parallel-sided, with a pair of small processes on dorsal margin; cornutus forming a sac with minute spinules.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Central).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek, - centr (= center), referring to the type locality belonging to Central Province in Kenya.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A5FF0510BB1FC05FDE45175	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A5DF04C0BB1FF18FC37543C.text	6E1787D92A5DF04C0BB1FF18FC37543C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha nairobiensis Park 2024	<div><p>4. Eridachtha nairobiensis Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0D173E41-E0B5-4DBA-B8F7-797DC0B359D8 (Figs 9, 10)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype male: Kenya, Nairobi, Oluloa Forest NMK-IPR Compound 01˚21'49''S 36˚42'47''E, 1,822 m, MV Light, 15 viii 1999, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7593, in NHMUK . Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype, gen. slide no. CIS-7623 .</p><p>Diagnosis. This new species is the smallest species of the genus. The male genitalia are somewhat similar to those of E. kilimanjaroensis Park, sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the gnathos basal plate triangularly produced apically (Fig. 10 A-①) (rounded in E. kilimanjaroensis) and the cucullus slightly narrower toward apex, with a sharply angulate process at lower corner.</p><p>Description. Male and female (Figs 9A–D). Wingspan 11.0– 11.5 mm.</p><p>Head: vertex with appressed orange-white scales, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna about 1.2 times longer than forewing; scape elongated, nearly parallel-sided, orange-white throughout, without annulation. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, with rough scales, more ventrally; yellowish-white speckled with brownish scales on outer surface; 3 rd segment slightly longer than 2 nd segment.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax orange-white. Hind tibia with strong setae-like scales above and below. Forewing densely covered with yellowish-brown scales evenly, with weakly developed blackish discal spots at middle and at end of discal cell; costa gently arched before middle; apex sharply produced; termen remarkably oblique, slightly concave medially; fringe with white basal line and broad dark-brown median band, concolourous with ground colour. Hindwing ground colour greyish; apex sharply produced; fringe with white basal line.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on dorsal surface.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 10A, B): uncus basal lobes ovate laterally. Gnathos basal plate quadrate triangularly produced apically; median process strongly bent pre-apically. Costal bar narrow and slightly angulate medially.Valva broad basally; cucullus elongated; costa slightly convex beyond half, with dense setae along ventral margin, slightly narrowed apically; sacculus broadly developed, heavily sclerotized. Juxta shield-shaped, with narrow, membranous latero-caudal processes; emarginated medially; anterior margin more or less triangularly produced. Vinculum broad, U-shaped, sclerotized along lateral margin, broadened apically, with rounded saccal zone. Aedeagus as long as valva, narrowly produced apically, with a pair of small triangular processes on dorsal margin; cornutus forming a sac.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 10D): apophyses anteriores about 2/3 the length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum cup-shaped, weakly sclerotized, about twice wider than long. Ductus bursae narrowed in distal 1/4, then widely broadened in anterior 3/4 (with several irregular sclerotized plates medially), not well defined with corpus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate; signum plate with strongly sclerotized, vertical ridge centrally, about 1/2 the length of corpus bursae.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Nairobi).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A5DF04C0BB1FF18FC37543C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A43F04E0BB1FDE4FD825112.text	6E1787D92A43F04E0BB1FDE4FD825112.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha phiarella Park 2024	<div><p>5. Eridachtha phiarella Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 386665AC-3809-44BC-B95C-12E80F50C705 (Figs 11, 12)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype male: Kenya, Central, Castle Forest Lodge, 0˚22'51''S 37˚18'35''E, 2,050 m, 26 x 2016, leg. D. Agassiz &amp; K. Larsen, gen. slide no. CIS-7168, in NHMUK . Paratypes: 2♂, same locality as holotype, 22 x 2013, leg. Agassiz, Beavan, Heckford &amp; Larsen; 4♂, same locality as holotype, 24–27 x 2016, leg. D. Agassiz &amp; K. Larsen, forewing slide no. CIS-7588; 1♀, same locality as holotype, 0˚22'43''S 37˚18'32''E, 2,100 m, 6 xi 2012, leg. Agassiz, Beavan, Heckford &amp; Ngugi, gen. slide no. CIS-7540, all paratypes deposited in NHMUK .</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species can be easily distinguished from its allies by the large size (wingspan more than 18.0 mm), the forewing ground colour yellowish-white with brownish costal suffusion and distinct stigmata, and the labial palpus with rough scales dorsally and ventrally. The male genitalia are similar to those of E. cardialis Park, sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the basal lobes of uncus more semi-ovate and the basal plate of the gnathos shorter and wider (Fig. 12D); cucullus less elongated; cornuti consisting of larger, broom-shaped cluster with numerous setae, about 2/5 the length of the aedeagus (whereas, in A. cardialis, the cluster of cornuti is elongated, measuring about 2/3 the length of the aedeagus).</p><p>Description. Male and female (Figs 11A–C). Wingspan 18.0–20.0 mm.</p><p>Head: yellowish-white with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna longer than forewing; scape elongated, nearly parallel-sided, yellowish-white throughout. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, with rough scales; yellowish-white all around; 3 rd segment slender, as long as 2 nd segment.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax yellowish-white. Forewing ground colour yellowish-white, irrorated with yellowish-brown scales beyond 2/3; discal spot small, rounded, disco-cellular spot comma-shaped, elongated; broad bronzy yellowish-brown costal suffusion well-developed, extended to apex; costa arched basal 2/3; apex sharply produced; termen oblique, slightly concave medially; fringe concolourous with ground colour; venation (Fig. 11C) with R 1 arising from about 1/3; distance between R 2 and R 3 about 3 times that separating R 3 and R 4+5 at base; R 3 free; R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 3/5; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from R 4+5; M 2 well developed; M 3 slightly closer to M 2 than CuA 1 at base; CuA 2 arising from near lower corner of discal cell; discal cell closed. Hindwing ground colour paler than forewing, broader than forewing; apex angulate; termen concaved medially; fringe concolourous with ground colour; discal cell weakly closed.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones dorsally.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 12A–D): uncus basal lobes heart-shaped with ovate lateral processes. Gnathos basal plate trapezoidal, slightly narrowed distally; caudal margin triangularly produced. Costal bar narrow, nearly arched, and lacking median angle. Valva broad basally; costal margin deeply concave; saccular margin slightly concave; cucullus elongated, nearly parallel-sided, costal margin slightly convex beyond half, with minute spines along ventral margin; apex rounded; sacculus broadly developed, sclerotized. Juxta shield-shaped, with narrow, membranous latero-caudal processes; median process on anterior margin thumb-like. Vinculum U-shaped, sclerotized along lateral margin, broadened apically, with nearly flat saccal zone. Aedeagus as long as valva, bifurcated apically with a pair of small triangular processes on dorsal margin; cornutus broom-shaped with a bundle of numerous setae, about 2/5 the length of aedeagus.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 11D): apophyses anteriores somewhat thick, dilated apically, about 2/3 the length of apophyses posteriores. Ostium bursae wide, nearly flat. Antrum short, broadened distally, about 1.5 times wider than long. Ductus bursae narrow in distal 2/5 (about 1.5 times the length of antrum); anterior 3/5 broadened as wide as antrum, wrinkled. Corpus bursae large, ovate; signum with heavily sclerotized central ridge, with the upper plate broadened weakly sclerotized and the lower plate papilla-like.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Central).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek, - phiaros (= bright, shining), referring to the bright ground colour of the forewing.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A43F04E0BB1FDE4FD825112	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A40F0480BB1FF18FB7555A4.text	6E1787D92A40F0480BB1FF18FB7555A4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha arumeruna Park & Minet & Koo & Yu 2024	<div><p>6. Eridachtha arumeruna Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CD094A86-CDB5-4BDD-8F8A-13BF83F739F4 (Fig. 13)</p><p>Type specimen. Holotype male: Tanzania, Arumeru Distr., Mt. Meru For. Res., 9 km NNE, Olmotonyi, 2,500 m, 8 ii 1992, leg. L. Aarvik, gen. slide no. CIS-7598, in NHMO.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is similar to E. phaeochlora Meyrick described from Kenya, but it can be distinguished by the much smaller size (wingspan: 21.0 mm in E. phaeochlora); the forewing venation with R 3 free in E. arumeruna sp. nov., and the male genitalia characters: in E. arumeruna sp. nov., the basal lobes of the uncus ovate, the basal plate of the gnathos narrowly elongated, the cucullus shorter and broader basally, lacking a row of setae near lower corner, and the aedeagus stouter than the corresponding characters in E. phaeochlora Meyrick.</p><p>Description. Male (Figs 13A, B). Wingspan 15.0 mm.</p><p>Head: vertex with appressed orange-white scales, not furrowed centrally, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna slightly longer than forewing; scape elongated, slightly arched, orange-white throughout, with weak brownish annulations. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, roughly scaled dorsally and ventrally, rougher anteriorly, speckled with some yellowish-brown scales on outer surface; 3 rd segment upturned, shorter than 2 nd segment, and orange-white all around.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax pale greyish-orange dorsally, dark brown along anterior margin. Hind tibia with rough brownish-orange scales above and below. Forewing ground colour pale orange, scattered with yellowish-brown scales; costa slightly arched in basal 1/3; distinct black, rounded discal stigmata at middle and end of discal cell; similar plical stigma well developed below the first discal spot; apex produced; termen oblique, slightly arched; fringe concolourous with ground colour; venation with R 3 free, close to R 4+5 at base; R 4 and R 5 stalked; R 5 to termen. Hindwing orange-grey; apex sharply produced; termen oblique, slightly sinuate.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on dorsal surface.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 13C, D): basal lobes of uncus ovate. Gnathos basal plate narrowly elongated, strongly convex on caudal margin. Costal bar banded, not angulate at middle. Valva broad basally; saccular margin slightly concave; cucullus broad basally, narrowed distally, slightly expanded on ventral margin basally, densely setose, with numerous minute spines along ventral margin; sacculus broadly developed, narrowly terminated; apex rounded. Juxta shield-shaped, concave on lateral margin; with thumb-like median process anteriorly. Vinculum U-shaped. Aedeagus strongly bent ventrally in basal 1/3, with an arched dorsal margin, bifurcated apically, with a pair of small triangular processes situated before apex dorsally; cornutus a short linear sclerotization beyond middle of aedeagus.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Tanzania (Arumeru).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality, Arumeru District, Tanzania.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A40F0480BB1FF18FB7555A4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A47F04A0BB1FC5CFC3756F0.text	6E1787D92A47F04A0BB1FC5CFC3756F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha kilimanjaroensis Park 2024	<div><p>7. Eridachtha kilimanjaroensis Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A65AAAAC-7C35-4C6F-95C1-DF89BFF761CD (Fig. 14)</p><p>Type specimen. Holotype male: Tanzania, Moshi Distr., Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mandara, 2,700 m, 17 x 1992, leg. L. Aarvik, gen. slide no. CIS-7587, in NHMO.</p><p>Diagnosis. The male genitalia of this new species resemble those of E. nairobiensis Park, sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the latter by the shape of gnathos whose basal plate is rounded on caudal margin (Fig. 14 C-①) (the homologous plate is triangularly produced in E. nairobiensis: Fig. 10 A-①); the second diagnostic character of E. kilimanjaroensis Park, sp. nov. is the shape of cucullus which is not sharply angulate at lower corner. The new species is much larger than E. nairobiensis (wingspan: 11.0– 11.5 mm in E. nairobiensis) and the forewing ground colour is greyish-orange.</p><p>Description. Male (Figs 14A, B). Wingspan 20.5 mm.</p><p>Head: vertex appressed with shiny orange-white scales, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna slightly longer than forewing; scape elongated, slightly dilated distally; flagellum greyish-orange throughout, with weak annulation. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, slightly arched, with more rough scales ventrally; yellowish-brown in basal half and yellowish-white beyond on outer surface; 3 rd segment strongly upturned, slightly shorter than 2 nd segment, orange-white all around.</p><p>Thorax: tegula greyish-orange dorsally, dark brown anteriorly; thorax greyish-orange dorsally. Hind tibia clothed with yellowish-brown rough scales above and below. Forewing broad, slightly dilated distally; ground colour greyish-orange, scattered with dark-brown scales evenly; costa slightly arched around basal 1/4; apex obtuse; termen oblique; fringe with dark brown median band; venation similar to the previous new species, with R 3 close to R 4+5 at base; R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 2/3. Hindwing greyish-orange; apex produced; termen oblique, slightly concave.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on dorsal surface.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 14C, D): uncus basal lobes ovate. Gnathos basal plate triangularly produced apically. Costal bar angulate medially. Valva strongly concave before cucullus; saccular margin nearly straight; cucullus slightly narrowed basally; costa convex beyond half, densely setose along ventral margin; apex rounded; sacculus broadly developed, heavily sclerotized. Juxta rather small, emarginated on caudal margin, and protruded on anterior margin medially, with narrow membranous latero-caudal processes. Vinculum broadened, with a rounded saccal zone. Aedeagus as long as valva, with a pair of small processes pre-apically; cornutus absent.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Tanzania (Moshi).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A47F04A0BB1FC5CFC3756F0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A45F04B0BB1FEA9FE5F5258.text	6E1787D92A45F04B0BB1FEA9FE5F5258.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha pholexana Park 2024	<div><p>8. Eridachtha pholexana Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C7312DA3-B968-4A0D-9592-AA68306168F6 (Fig. 15)</p><p>Type specimen. Holotype male: Uganda, Kibale Nat. Park, Biol. Field Stn., Kibale Nat. Park, Biol. Field Stn., gen. slide no. CIS-7262 (wing slide no. CIS-7262-w), in MfN.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from its allies by the normally thickened 2 nd segment of the labial palpus; in the male genitalia, the diagnostic character is a large quadrate basal plate of the gnathos as well as the rounded cucullus apically with numerous conical spines. However, the forewing venation is well-matched with other members of the genus Eridachtha Meyrick.</p><p>Description. Male (Figs 15A–C). Wingspan 17.0 mm.</p><p>Head: vertex pale orange to orange-white, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna slightly longer than forewing; scape elongated, slightly dilated distally; flagellum orange-white, without annulations. Second segment of labial palpus normally thickened, devoid of rough scales dorsally; 3 rd segment slender, slightly longer than 2 nd segment.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax orange-white dorsally. Forewing ground colour orange-white, densely scattered with brownish scales; costa slightly arched beyond 3/4; apex more or less sharply produced; termen oblique; fringe concolourous to ground colour; venation (Fig. 15C) with R 1 arising from about 1/3; R 3 free from stem of R 4+5; R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 3/5; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from stem of R 4+5; M 2 much closer to M 3 than to M 1; CuA 1 and CuA 2 fairly remote at base, the former arising from near lower corner of discal cell. Hindwing ground colour paler than forewing, as broad as forewing; apex produced; fringe concolourous with ground colour; venation similar to those of its congeneric species.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones dorsally.</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 15D, E): uncus basal lobe heart-shaped, with rounded apices. Gnathos basal plate large, quadrate, slightly convex on caudal margin. Costal bar arched and slightly angulate medially. Valva extremely broad at base; ventral margin concave medially; cucullus thumb-like, rounded apically with numerous conical spines along apical margin; sacculus broadly developed. Juxta shield-shaped, gently concave on caudal margin, broadly protruded medially on anterior margin. Vinculum broad. Aedeagus stout, bifurcated apically, with small triangular dorsal spines before apex; cornuti shaped as an oval pouch with a sharply pointed plate towards base and a short, digitate plate in apical 1/4.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Uganda (Kibale).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek, - pholex (= thumb), referring to the thumb-like cucullus in the male genitalia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A45F04B0BB1FEA9FE5F5258	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A44F0460BB1FB41FC6E57D0.text	6E1787D92A44F0460BB1FB41FC6E57D0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha capensis Park 2024	<div><p>9. Eridachtha capensis Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BB0359D9-E4ED-431A-94C3-8E58451AD660 (Figs 16, 17)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype male: South Africa, East Cape, Sneeuberg, Asante Sana, 22–26 i 2012, leg. W. Mey, LF, Aloe Ridge 25 i [20]12, Turm, gen. slide no. CIS-7601, in MfN . Paratypes: 1♂, same data as holotype; 5♂, same data as holotype, Waterkloof, 24 i [20]12, Light trap, gen. slide no. CIS-7061 (forewing slide no. CIS-7590) ; 3♂, same data as holotype, Seakloof, 26 i [20]12, Turm, gen. slide nos. CIS-7062 (COI Barcode CBNU215), -7599 (COI Barcode CBNU067) ; 2♂, Graaff-Reinet, Asante Sana, 22–26 xi 2013, leg. W. Mey, Glen Haven, Turm, 1,480 m, gen. slide CIS-7063 (COI Barcode CBNU059), -7583 ; 2♂, East Cape, Asante Sana, Zuurkloop, 26 i 2012, gen. slide no. CIS-7582 ; 1♂, East Cape, Asante Sana, 28 ii–5 iii 2014, leg. W. Mey, Zuurkloof, LF, 1 iii 2014, 1,300 m, gen. slide no. CIS-7584, all paratypes deposited in MfN .</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from its allies by the forewing with an elliptical yellowish-orange patch beyond the middle of the discal cell (sometimes obscure) and R 3 short-stalked with R 4+5. The male genitalia are more or less similar to those of E. campanella Park, sp. nov., but in E. capensis Park, sp. nov. the basal plate of the gnathos is much shorter with a nearly straight caudal margin and the cucullus is less elongated.</p><p>Description. Male (Figs 16A–E). Wingspan 13.0–15.0 mm.</p><p>Head: bronze dark brown dorsally, with yellowish-orange erect scales laterally. Antenna longer than forewing; scape elongated, yellowish-orange speckled with dark-brown scales. Second segment of labial palpus thickened with rough scales ventrally; yellowish-orange speckled with dark-brown scales in basal 2/3 on outer surface, pale orange on inner surface; 3 rd segment strongly upturned, as long as 2 nd segment, yellowish-orange.</p><p>Thorax: bronze dark brown. Hind tibia yellowish-brown in basal 3/5 and white beyond, with long, hair-like scales above (Fig. 15E). Forewing elongated; ground colour yellowish-white to yellowish-orange, densely speckled with dark-brown scales evenly; large, elliptical yellowish-orange patch beyond middle of discal cell, sometimes obscure; costa arched around basal 1/3, then nearly straight; apex produced; termen oblique, slightly concave; venation (Fig. 15C) with R 3 short-stalked with R 4+5; R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 3/5; R 5 to termen; M 2 close to M 3 at base; M 3 arising midway between M 2 and CuA 1; CuA 1 from lower corner of discal cell; CuA 2 near lower corner of discal cell; discal cell weakly closed. Hindwing greyish; venation: M 2 stalked with M 3 +CuA 1 for basal ¼ (M 3 and CuA</p><p>1 being coincident); discal cell weakly closed.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones on dorsal surface; sternite VIII slightly concave medially (Fig. 17F).</p><p>Male genitalia (Figs 17A–E): uncus basal lobes elliptically elongated. Gnathos basal plate rather short, trapezoidal, nearly parallel-sided with an almost straight caudal margin. Costal bar narrow, nearly not angulate medially. Valva broad basally; cucullus elongated, with costal margin convex beyond half, densely setose, with numerous minute spines along ventral margin; apex rounded; sacculus slightly dilated distally, heavily sclerotized; saccular margin slightly concave. Juxta shield-shaped, lateral margin convex, with slender latero-caudal processes, about 2/3 the length of juxta; median process on anterior margin large, spatulate. Vinculum broad, with a rounded saccal zone. Aedeagus as wide as cucullus, with ventral margin strongly arched, bifurcated apically with a pair of small, triangular processes on dorsal margin pre-apically; cornutus consisting of a small plate with arrow-like apex, about 1/5 the length of aedeagus.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. South Africa (Cape).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality, Cape.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A44F0460BB1FB41FC6E57D0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A49F0460BB1FDC9FA2F55A4.text	6E1787D92A49F0460BB1FDC9FA2F55A4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha (Janse 1963) Meyrick. It 1910	<div><p>Eridachtha gymnopalpa- complex</p><p>Eridachtha gymnopalpa (Janse, 1963), which was described from Zimbabwe, differs from all previously known species of the genus in the yellowish-orange ground colour of its forewing. One rather similar species, E. hapalochra Meyrick, 1932, is somewhat different from the rest of the species in the complex: it is smaller in size, and its forewing is covered with buffy brownish scales. Therefore, E. hapalochra is not included in this group. The following three species are grouped with it in the E. gymnopalpa- complex based on a few morphological similarities (including the ground colour of the dorsal surface of the forewing). It should be noted that these three new species are only known from females (whose 2 nd segment of the labial palpus has a normal thickness and is devoid of rough scales above).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A49F0460BB1FDC9FA2F55A4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A49F0470BB1FC5DFDCD5184.text	6E1787D92A49F0470BB1FC5DFDCD5184.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha cupaformis Park & Minet & Koo & Yu 2024	<div><p>10. Eridachtha cupaformis Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 67DFC843-D06C-4568-9FD3-3E16679EFC53 (Fig. 18)</p><p>Type specimen. Holotype female: Uganda, Mpigi, Mpanga For., 0˚12’24”N 32˚18’05”E, 27–30 iv 2019, leg. K.T. Park, J.M. Koo &amp; J.D. Kim, gen. slide no. CIS-7613 (wing slide no. CIS-7613-w), in NIBR.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from Eridachtha gymnopalpa and the following new species by the female genitalia: cup-shaped antrum and the broad plate of the signum. By external characters, Eridachtha cupaformis sp. nov. is superficially similar to the following new species, E. atrihispida Park, sp. nov. by having a similar hind tibia with scale-tufts and with black scales apically, near the middle and apex.</p><p>Description. Female (Figs 18A–C). Wingspan 14.5 mm.</p><p>Head: vertex pale orange to orange-white, with concolourous erect scales laterally. Antenna about 1.3 times longer than forewing; scape elongated, slightly dilated distally; flagellum orange-white, without annulations. Second segment of labial palpus arched, normally thickened, and devoid of rough scales dorsally; 3 rd segment slender, longer than 2 nd segment, strongly upturned.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax orange-white dorsally. Hind tibia with orange-white, hair-like scale-tufts of black scales apically, near middle and at apex. Forewing ground colour orange-white, devoid of any markings; costa slightly arched around basal 1/3, then slightly concave medially, and also arched around basal 3/4; apex produced; termen oblique; fringe concolourous to ground colour; venation (Fig. 18C) with R 1 arising from before middle; R 3 free, very close to stem of R 4+5 at base; R 4 and R 5 stalked for about basal half; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from stem of R 4+5; M 2 much closer to M 3 than M 1; CuA 1 arising from lower corner of discal cell. Hindwing ground colour similar to forewing, slightly broader than forewing; apex produced; fringe concolourous with ground colour; venation with Rs and M 1 short-stalked; M 2 shortly stalked with M 3 +CuA 1; M 3 and CuA 1 being coincident; discal cell opened.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones dorsally.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 18D): apophyses anteriores thick, dilated apically, about 2/3 the length of apophyses posteriores. Ostium bursae wide, nearly flat. Antrum short, broadened distally, about 1.5 times wider than long. Ductus bursae narrow in distal 2/5 (about 1.5 times the length of antrum); anterior 3/5 broadened as wide as antrum, wrinkled. Corpus bursae large, ovate; signum with heavily sclerotized central ridge, with the upper plate broadened and weakly sclerotized, the lower plate papilla-like.</p><p>Male unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Uganda (Mpigi).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin, - cupa (= cup) with - forma (= form), referring to the cup-shaped antrum in the female genitalia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A49F0470BB1FC5DFDCD5184	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A4FF0410BB1FF18FC88551C.text	6E1787D92A4FF0410BB1FF18FC88551C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha atrihispida Park 2024	<div><p>11. Eridachtha atrihispida Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 53C31F72-5AC7-4BAD-9134-8A80BE262D16 (Fig. 19)</p><p>Type specimen. Holotype female, Uganda, Mpigi, Mpanga For., 0˚12'24"N 32˚18'05"E, 1–5 v 2019, leg. K.T. Park, J.M. Koo, J.D. Kim, gen. slide no. CIS-7610, in NIBR.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is similar to the preceding new species by having a similar forewing and hind tibia equipped with a scale tuft as noted in the previous diagnosis. The new species E. atrihispida can be distinguished from the similar congeneric species by the different shape of antrum, as described below, in the female genitalia.</p><p>Description. Female (Figs 19A–D). Wingspan 15.0 mm.</p><p>Head: head, antenna, and labial palpus pale orange. Second segment of labial palpus strongly arched, thickened, and devoid of rough scales dorsally; 3 rd segment slender as long as 2 nd segment, and strongly upturned.</p><p>Thorax: tegula and thorax pale orange dorsally. Hind tibia with brownish rough scales and with blackish scale-tufts apically, near middle and apex (Fig. 19D). Forewing ground colour pale orange; costa slightly arched around basal 1/3 and also beyond 3/4; apex produced; termen oblique. Hindwing ground colour yellowish-white as broad as forewing.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones dorsally.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 19E): apophyses anteriores slightly shorter than apophyses posteriores, dilated apically. Sternite VIII deeply concave on anterior margin. Antrum cup-shaped, not well demarcated from ductus bursae. Ductus bursae long, about 3 times the length of the antrum, weakly sclerotized in distal half. Corpus bursae small, about 1/3 the length of corpus bursae; signum absent.</p><p>Male unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Uganda (Mpigi).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin, - atra (= black) and–- hispidus (= bristly), referring to the blackish clustering of hairs on the tibia of the hind legs.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A4FF0410BB1FF18FC88551C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
6E1787D92A4EF0410BB1FC05FDBB5120.text	6E1787D92A4EF0410BB1FC05FDBB5120.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eridachtha crococorypha Park 2024	<div><p>12. Eridachtha crococorypha Park, sp. nov.</p><p>LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D099C4F6-B32E-4D7D-9DD0-30C973B4C5ED (Fig. 20)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype female: Kenya, Rift Valley, Gilgil, 2,100 m, 0˚32’S 36˚22’E, 26 xi 2005, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7595, in NHMUK.</p><p>Paratype: 1♀, Uganda, Mpigi, Mpanga For., 0˚12'24"N 32˚18'05"E, 27–30 iv 2019, leg. K.T. Park, J.M. Koo &amp; J.D. Kim, gen. slide no. CIS-7430, in NIBR .</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from the previously presented two new species by the hind tibia, which has yellowish-white rough scales without blackish scale tuft apically. The female genitalia differ from its allies by the antrum which is as a broadly modified semi-rounded plate with a triangular process on the caudal margin.</p><p>Description. Female (Figs 20A–C). Wingspan 14.5 mm.</p><p>Head: no differences can be observed from the new species, E. atrihispida Park, sp. nov., except the hind tibia of which is covered by yellowish-white rough scales, and is devoid of blackish scale-tuft apically. The forewing ground colour is pale orange. The hindwing ground colour is yellowish-white broader than the forewing.</p><p>Abdomen: no spinous zones dorsally.</p><p>Female genitalia (Fig. 20D): apophyses anteriores longer than 1/2 the length of apophyses posteriores. Lamella post-vaginalis with a triangular process on caudal margin, which is not well separated from the antrum. Antrum broadened, with broadly modified semi-rounded plate, with a triangular process on its caudal margin. Ductus bursae membranous, slightly longer than corpus bursae; ductus seminalis arises before corpus bursae. Corpus bursae large, ovate; signum with heavily sclerotized central ridge, and with weakly sclerotized upper and lower plates.</p><p>Male unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Kenya (Rift Valley), Uganda (Mpigi).</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek, - croco (= orange), - coryph (= head), referring to the orange colour of the head.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1787D92A4EF0410BB1FC05FDBB5120	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Park, Kyu-Tek;Minet, Joël;Koo, Jun-Mo;Yu, Tae-Uk	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. Zootaxa 5468 (2): 275-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.3
