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 5. Caloptilia mwamba De Prins, 2015 Caloptilia mwamba De Prins, 2015: 388 Material examined. One adult , South Africa , Mpumalanga , Kruger National Park , Skukuza camp, 21/xi/2017 , C. Lopez-Vaamonde leg. ( light trap ), CLV7499 . Biology . Known to feed on Cremaspora triflora (Thonn.) K. Schum. ( Rubiaceae ). Distribution . The Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya and Tanzania . This species is newly discovered in South Africa ( Mpumalanga ). DNA barcodes . Our South African barcode forms a BIN, BOLD:AAC5054 along with a barcode from Kenya .