Notes on Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Southern Africa and Kenya, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae) Author Li, Houhun Author Zhen, Hui Author Mey, Wolfram text Zootaxa 2013 3608 7 561 574 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.7.3 5657e7c3-1d1e-44ba-aa19-f74a83c12aec 1175-5326 221060 F27CCCD7-447E-49E1-A27D-FEE1607636CD Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876) ( Figs 8 , 20 , 26 ) Mesophleps (?) acuminatus Staudinger, 1876: 148 . Hypsolophus ianthes Meyrick, 1887: 273 . Ypsolophus rusticus Walsingham, 1892: 525 . Ypsolophus lotellus Constant, 1893: 398 . Ypsolophus ammoxanthus Meyrick, 1904: 430 . Ypsolophus ochrophanes Meyrick, 1907: 981 ; Clarke, 1969: 27. Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger) : Meyrick, 1925: 175; Gaede, 1937: 428; Zimmermann, 1978: 1706; Hodges, 1986: 38; Park & Hodges, 1995: 28; Li & Zheng, 1996: 230; Ponomarenko, 1997: 13. Dichomeris ( Dichomeris ) acuminatus (Staudinger) : Vári & Kroon, 1986: 6, 112, 160; Karsholt & Riedl, 1996: 120. Material examined . REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA : RSA , Cederberg Algeria , Jamaka-Farm, 1 3, 21 .iii.2005, 2 ƤƤ, 1–3.iii.2005 , leg. W. Mey, LF. NAMIBIA : 1 Ƥ, NAMIBIA-Exp. ZMB 1992, East Caprivi: Mudumu NP: Nakatwa, 18°10’ S / 23°26’ E , 8–13.iii.1992 , leg. W. Mey. KENYA : 7 3, 2 ƤƤ, 1.v.1991 , 1 Ƥ, 30.vi.1991 , University of Nairobi, Nairobi, leg. Houhun Li; 3 3, 1 Ƥ, Nairobi Medical School, Nairobi, Kenya , 30.ix.1991 , leg. Houhun Li. Host plants . Fabaceae : Indigofera pseudotinctoria Matsumura , Trifolium repens Linn., T. pratense Linn., Cyamopsis sp., Desmodium gyroides Candolle , Medicago sativa Linn. , Cajanus cajan Linn. , Sesbania sericea (Retz.) , Tephrosia candida , T. purpurea , T. vogelii . (Park & Hodges 1995, Ponomarenko 2009). Distribution . Africa: Kenya , Namibia , South Africa . Europe: Mediterranean Region. Asia: China , Japan , India , Sri Lanka . Australia , N. America , Hawaii.