Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) reared from native fruit in Kenya
Author
Razowski, Józef
Author
Brown, John W.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3222
1
27
journal article
45308
10.5281/zenodo.280255
9d264785-6035-49e2-b6cf-29e3022a6e80
1175-5326
280255
Thylacogaster
Diakonoff, 1988
Type
species:
Thylacogaster rhodomenia
Diakonoff, 1988
.
Thylacogaster
was described by
Diakonoff (1988a)
for the single species
T. rhodomenia
.
Razowski (2004)
provided a brief diagnosis of the genus in his review of the genera of the Afrotropical region.
Brown (2005)
added
Argyroploce cyanophaea
Meyrick, 1927
(TL: “Tanganyika”) and
Argyroploce monospora
Meyrick, 1939
(TL: “
Belgian Congo
”) without comment, based on input from Leif Aarvik (in litt.). The adult and male and female genitalia of
T. rhodomenia
are illustrated by
Diakonoff (1988a: figs. 13–16)
, the adult and female genitalia of
T. cyanophaea
are illustrated by
Clarke (1958: 500)
, and the adult and male and female genitalia of
T. monospora
are illustrated by
Razowski
et al.
(2010)
.
Razowski and Brown (2008)
mentioned several similarities between the Neotropical genus
Eriosocia
Razowski and Brown, 2008
and the Afrotropical
Thylacogaster
, including the conspicuous notch near mid-termen of the forewing; the overall shape of the phallus; the dorsolateral position of the socii; the pair of small, finely and sparsely setose lobes at the lateroposterior corners of the ostium bursae; the extremely long, slender ductus bursae; the slightly telescopic ovipositor; and the fact that both genera have been reared only from
Garcinia
species (
Clusiaceae
).