The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species Author Sruoga, Virginijus Author Prins, Jurate De text Zootaxa 2009 2172 1 31 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.189248 5faa7a57-4437-432f-b2f0-9316f6a4d838 1175-5326 189248 5879B1E5-F237-4D92-B7D4-160579A90139 21. Perittia gnoma sp. n. Distribution: Kenya . Holotype 3 and 23 paratypes in RMCA. 22. Perittia nimbifera ( Meyrick, 1913 ) Elachista nimbifera Meyrick 1913 : 322 . Symphoristis nimbifera (Meyrick) ; Vári & Kroon 1986 : 60 , 146, 158; Parenti 1988 : 192 , 195, 197, figs. 7, 22–25; Vári et al. 2002 : 40 ; Kemal & Koçak 2006 : 5 . Symphoristis ptychospila Meyrick 1918 : 56 ; Vári & Kroon 1986 : 72 , 146, 158; Parenti 1988 : 193 ; Vári et al . 2002 : 40 . Synonymized by Parenti (1988: 193) ; Kemal & Koçak 2006 : 5 . Perittia nimbifera (Meyrick) ; Kaila 1999a : 163 ; Sruoga 2002 : 140 . Distribution: South Africa , Gauteng, Pretoria; Barberton ( Meyrick 1913 : 322; 1918: 56). Lectotype 3, 23 paralectotypes , 4 specimens (see Note 1 below) in TMSA. Notes: A female from the type series does not belong to Elachistidae ( Parenti 1988: 192–193 ). Vári et al . (2002 : 40) consider Symphoristis ptychospila Meyrick, 1918 as valid species; it is the type species of the genus Symphoristis Meyrick, 1918 .