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.
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Zootaxa
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2024-08-19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.2.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5496.2.3
1175-5326
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Armatophallus exoenota
(Meyrick, 1918)
(
Figs 22a–d
)
Gelechia ochrocorys
Meyrick, 1936
—
Exotic Microlepidoptera
, 5 (1–2), 43,
syn. nov.
Type material.
Holotype
,
♂
, [
DR Congo
] Musée du
Congo
, Lubumbashi,
9.vi.1934
, Ch. Seydel | Type,
G. ochrocorys
| M 4874 |
R
. Det.
R
3154 |
Gelechia ochrocorys
Mey.
| gen. slide 220/24, O. Bidzilya (
RMCA
).
Remarks.
Gelechia ochrocorys
was described based on the male
holotype
, whose external characters and genitalia match those of
Armatophallus exoenota
. Therefore, we herewith synonymize it with the latter species.
Distribution.
The Gambia
,
Cameroon
,
Ethiopia
,
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
,
Zimbabwe
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
(
Bidzilya 2015
),
DR Congo
: Haut Ituri Province (
Meyrick, 1936
).