An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) Author Kaila, Lauri text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-11 4632 1 1 231 journal article 26215 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1 e0aabdb8-bda6-48e4-bdef-f7b64577d5cd 1175-5326 3335414 12883950-D194-450A-BC4F-7996F5815E4F Perittia secutrix (Meyrick, 1914) Mendesia secutrix Meyrick, 1914b: 196 . Type locality: South Africa , Pretoria ( Meyrick 1914b: 196 ). Three syntypes , in TMSA. Perittia secutrix : De Prins & De Prins (2017) . Distribution: Afrotropical. South Africa . Larval host plant(s): unknown. Figs.: No illustration available. Remarks: Parenti (1988) transferred M. secutrix from Elachistidae to Scythrididae . VĂ¡ri et al. (2002: 40) listed M. secutrix in Elachistidae . Sruoga & De Prins (2009: 28) followed Parenti (1988) and removed the taxon from Elachistidae . De Prins & De Prins (2017) transferred it to Perittia .