Lecithocera soniana Park 2024, sp. nov.

Lecithocera soniana Park, sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C2FAC4B7-C956-4875-9ED5-CD22205209F7 (Figs 3, 12) Type specimen. Holotype female, Tanzania, West Usambaras, Soni 3000 ft, 4 viii 2000, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7566, in NHMUK. Paratype: 1♀, same collected data as holotype, gen. slide CIS-7575, in NHMUK. Diagnosis. The new species is superficially similar to the preceding new species, L. grisella sp. nov., but it can be distinguished by the more bronze-yellowish brown forewing ground colour and the female genitalia characters: antrum cup-shaped, not triangular as in L. grisella sp. nov., and the signum smaller with much stronger spines as illustrated in Fig. 11. Description. Female (Figs 3, 3a, b). Wingspan 14.0 mm. Head: vertex yellowish brown, with greyish-orange erect scales laterally. Antenna slightly as long as forewing; scape elongated; flagellum grayish orange, with dark-brown annulations. Second palpomere thickened, sabershaped, dark brown in basal 4/5 and yellowish orange beyond on the outer surface; 3rd palpomere shorter than 2nd, yellowish orange irregularly scattered with dark-brown scales laterally, dark-brown ventrally. Thorax: notum and tegula dark brown. Forewing ground colour mustard brown uniformly, without distinct markings; apex rounded; termen slightly oblique; fringe with narrow, orange-white basal line, followed by broad, dark-brown band and greyish brown beyond half. Hind wing pale greyish brown. Female genitalia (Fig. 12): ostium bursae wide, nearly flat. Antrum large, cup-shaped. Ductus bursae narrowed in distal 2/5 and much broadened medially, densely wrinkled; ductus seminalis arising from middle. Corpus bursae semi-ovate, shorter than ductus bursae; signum broadened, with somewhat strong conical spines. Male unknown. Distribution. Tanzania (North: West Usambaras). Etymology. The species name is derived from the “ Soni” which is the name of a waterfall in the Usambara Mountains of N. Tanzania.