An illustrated and annotated catalogue of type specimens of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium), with taxonomic changes Author Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. 0000-0001-9243-2481 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, D- 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. olexbid@gmail.com Author Rajaei, Hossein Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, D- 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-19 5496 2 191 213 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.2.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.2.3 1175-5326 13346593 FCFF6C57-0265-4110-9BE7-2E4BE5468241 Dichomeris loxonoma Meyrick, 1937 ( Figs 11a–c ) Dichomeris loxonoma Meyrick, 1937 — Exotic Microlepidoptera , 5 (3–5), 123. Type material. Holotype ♂ (abdomen missing), [ DR Congo ] Musée du Congo , Eala, i.1936 , J. Ghesquière, 2087 | Holotype , D. loxonoma | R . Det. DD 3258 | Dichomeris loxonoma M. ( RMCA ). Remarks. Dichomeris loxonoma was described based on two males collected in Eala. One male (without abdomen) labelled “ holotype ” is deposited in RMCA, the second male “ paratype ” is deposited in Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK). The species is characterized externally by light brown forewing with black maculate markings along costa, a black oblique streak and a brown spot in cell. Dichomeris exsecta ( Meyrick, 1927 ) from Zimbabwe is similar externally but the black oblique streak is divided in separate spots in this species. Distribution. DR Congo : Équateur Province .