Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species Author Triberti, Paolo Zoology Department, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Lungadige Porta Vittoria 9, 37129 Verona, Italy; Author Staude, Hermann 0000-0002-2549-4372 Author Sharp, Ian Author Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos 0000-0003-2278-2368 IRBI, UMR 7261, CNRS-University of Tours, Tours, France carlos.lopezvaamonde@inrae.fr text Zootaxa 2024 2024-10-24 5529 1 1 51 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.1.1 1175-5326 14021754 0613682E-532B-482F-A498-6714A01F5DE5 9. Semnocera procellaris ( Meyrick, 1914 ) ( Fig. 7 ) Acrocercops procellaris Meyrick, 1914 , 4: 201. Semnocera procellaris Vári, 1961: 100 . Material. 1♂ , South Africa , Limpopo , Hoedspruit , Jongmansspruit farm, em 12/xi/2016 , Ekebergia capensis , A. & I. Sharp leg. (rearing: M1591), CLV7578, slide TRB4386 ♂ . Biology. Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. ( Meliaceae ). Distribution. South Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal ). First reporting for Limpopo . DNA barcodes . One specimen barcoded (SOURE022-19) ( Table S1 ). The BIN (BOLD:AEC3372) is new to BOLD and its nearest neighbour is a specimen identified as Conopomorpha litchiella Bradley, 1986 at a genetic distance of 7.37% ( Table S1 ). Remarks. Abdomen with pouch-like structures at anterior edges of segments V and VI but also with a pair of coremata on segment VIII, not reported by Vári (1961) .