New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species
Author
Bidzilya, Oleksiy
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-12
4952
3
495
522
journal article
7260
10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
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Dichomeris xanthophylla
(
Janse, 1963
)
Zalithea
[sic]
xanthophylla
Janse, 1963: 256
. TL:
South Africa
: Northern Transvaal, Blouwberg.
Dichomeris xanthophylla
(
Janse, 1963
)
—
Ponomarenko 2009: 313
.
Material examined.
1♀
, LepsocAfrica,
Staude
et al
. (2016)
, M948,
Dichomeris
sp. (det. L. Aarvik),
Dichomeridinae
,
Gelechiidae
, rerared on
Grewia flavescens
,
Malvaceae, Casketts
farm,
South Africa
,
Limpopo
, Hoedspruit, 24˚20’36’’S, 31˚09’07’’E,
3.i.2015
eclosed (A. & I. Sharp);
1♀
, same data as for above specimen, but M530,
13.xii.2013
(all
HSS
).
Biology.
The larva was observed feeding on
Grewia flavescens
(Malvaceae)
in December. Adult emerged 3.i and 13.xii (
Staude
et al.
2016: 69
, 70).
Distribution.
South Africa
(
Janse 1963: 257
).