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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FEEB0D7FE432CBD" bold="true" box="[151,436,151,178]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Dichomeris phaeothina</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A69FFC5FE496FE6B0FBFE862CD9" box="[159,369,187,214]" captionStart="FIGURES 1216. 12" captionStartId="10.[151,264,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[235,1357,262,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-62@10.[227,1361,255,1859]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURES 1216. 12. Dichomeris opalina (Ghesquière, 1940), holotype, male. 12a, adult. 12b, labels. 13. Dichomeris pammiges (Ghesquière, 1940), holotype, male. 13a, adult. 13b, labels. 13c, head, lateral view. 13d, male genitalia. 13e, phallus. 14. Dichomeris phaeothina (Ghesquière, 1940), holotype, female. 14a, adult. 14b, labels. 14c, head, lateral view. 14d, female genitalia. 15. Dichomeris phaeothina (Ghesquière, 1940), paratype, female. 15a, adult. 15b, labels. 16. Dichomeris symbolistis (Meyrick, 1938), holotype, male. 16a, adult. 16b, labels. 16c, male genitalia. 16d, phallus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346607" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346607/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Figs 14ad; 15ab</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FEEB140FE7D2D17" box="[151,394,256,280]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeothina</emphasis>
Ghesquière, 1940
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496D25B140FBF92D17" box="[604,1038,256,280]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines</emphasis>
, 34 (1), 106107.
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FEEB106FEBE2D50" bold="true" box="[151,329,325,352]" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Type material.</emphasis>
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, [
<collectingCountry id="F32C767CFFC5FE496E8AB106FD822D6F" box="[499,629,326,352]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
] Musée du
<collectingCountry id="F32C767CFFC5FE496C7BB106FCB82D6F" box="[770,847,326,352]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Congo</collectingCountry>
, Eala,
<date id="FF85102CFFC5FE496CDBB106FC0E2D6F" box="[930,1017,326,352]" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" value="1938-09">ix.1938</date>
, G. Couteaux, 37 |
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. Det. I 4408 |
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,
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496E76B12BFE5C2D8B" box="[271,427,362,388]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">T. phaeocosta</emphasis>
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|
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496EB8B12AFD262D8B" box="[449,721,362,388]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeocosta</emphasis>
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, Ghesquière, 1940 |
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496B7BB12AFAE52D8B" box="[1026,1298,362,388]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeocosta</emphasis>
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| gen. slide 239/24, O. Bidzilya (
<collectionCode id="ED2AAE29FFC5FE496EC6B1CEFDEF2DA7" box="[447,536,398,424]" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
). Paraypes:
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, same data as for
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but
<collectionCode id="ED2AAE29FFC5FE496B5FB1CEFBCB2DA7" box="[1062,1084,398,424]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">R</collectionCode>
. Det. J 4408 (
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).
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FBEB1F2FECC2DC3" bold="true" box="[199,315,434,460]" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496E39B1F2FDBD2DC3" authorityName="Ghesquiere" authorityYear="1940" box="[320,586,434,460]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Trichotaphe" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phaeothina">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496E39B1F2FDBD2DC3" box="[320,586,434,460]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeothina</emphasis>
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was described based on
<specimenCount id="9D3DFD65FFC5FE496C2DB1F2FC2A2DC3" box="[852,989,434,460]" count="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" type="female">three female</specimenCount>
specimens (
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and
<specimenCount id="9D3DFD65FFC5FE496B80B1F2FA622DC3" box="[1273,1429,434,460]" count="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">two paratypes</specimenCount>
) collected in Eala. Despite all these specimens labelled as “
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496C62B196FBDE2DFF" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Rajaei" authorityYear="2024" box="[795,1065,470,496]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Trichotaphe" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phaeocosta">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496C62B196FBDE2DFF" box="[795,1065,470,496]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeocosta</emphasis>
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” (nomen nudum), they match the description of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496E4FB1BAFDB62E1B" authorityName="Ghesquiere" authorityYear="1940" box="[310,577,506,532]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Trichotaphe" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phaeothina">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496E4FB1BAFDB62E1B" box="[310,577,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeothina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and bear the labels that correspond to the collection data of type specimens of
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FEEB25FFEC62E37" box="[151,305,542,568]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">T. phaeothina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mentioned in the original description. Since no other specimens labelled as
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496BF6B25EFA6B2E37" authorityName="Ghesquiere" authorityYear="1940" box="[1167,1436,542,568]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Trichotaphe" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phaeothina">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496BF6B25EFA6B2E37" box="[1167,1436,542,568]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Trichotaphe phaeothina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were traced in the collection, we conclude that the three above specimens represent the type series of
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496A6CB202FEEA2E8F" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496A6CB202FEEE2E8F" authorityName="Ghesquiere" authorityYear="1940" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Trichotaphe" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phaeothina">Trichotaphe phaeothina</taxonomicName>
.
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The external characters (segment 2 of labial palpus with triangular dorsal tuft of hairs) and female genitalia (distinct sclerotization of ductus bursae that extends to corpus bursae, and presence of accessory bursa) justify the assignment of the species to
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496D36B2EEFD2E2EC7" box="[591,729,686,712]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496D36B2EEFD222EC7" authorityName="Hubner" authorityYear="1818" box="[591,725,686,712]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Dichomeris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dichomeris</taxonomicName>
.
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Therefore, we herewith transfer this species to the latter genus. The species is distinct in having a brown forewing with black spots along the apex and the costal margin is suffused with yellow. It slightly resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496D73B2B7FD5C2F1F" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Rajaei" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Meyrick" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[522,683,758,784]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Dichomeris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="craspedotis">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496D73B2B7FD5C2F1F" box="[522,683,758,784]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">D. craspedotis</emphasis>
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, but in the latter the costal margin of the forewing is strongly convex at base (not convex in
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496EE8B35BFDC62F3B" box="[401,561,794,820]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">D. phaeothina</emphasis>
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), the apex of the forewing is brown (spotted with black in
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496BC4B35BFAAA2F3B" box="[1213,1373,794,820]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">D. phaeothina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and black spot at 3/4 of costal margin is absent (present in
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496C7DB37FFC512F57" box="[772,934,830,856]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">D. phaeothina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The female genitalia with short apophyses anteriores in combination with entirely sclerotized ductus bursae are characteristic.
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496B36B322FF2E2FAE" authority="(Janse, 1954)" baseAuthorityName="Janse" baseAuthorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Dichomeris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dysnotata">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496B36B322FAB02F73" box="[1103,1351,866,892]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Dichomeris dysnotata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B1DFFC5FE496A2EB322FF272FAE" author="Janse" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" pagination="301 - 464" refId="ref13734" refString="Janse A. J. T. (1954) Gelechiidae. The Moths of South Africa, 5 (4), 301 - 464, pls. 137 - 202." type="journal article" year="1954">Janse, 1954</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
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remotely resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6FFFC5FE496DF6B3C7FCD92FAF" authorityName="Ghesquiere" authorityYear="1940" box="[655,814,902,928]" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Trichotaphe" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="202" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phaeothina">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496DF6B3C7FCD92FAF" box="[655,814,902,928]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">D. phaeothina</emphasis>
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, but differs from it by the broader ductus bursae and the rounded rather than ovate corpus bursae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8436ECFFC5FE496FBEB38EFE2C2893" blockId="11.[151,1437,325,1218]" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FBEB38EFE7A2FE8" bold="true" box="[199,397,973,1000]" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(described here for the first time,
<figureCitation id="13002A69FFC5FE496C74B38EFC982FE7" box="[781,879,974,1000]" captionStart="FIGURES 1216. 12" captionStartId="10.[151,264,1876,1900]" captionTargetBox="[235,1357,262,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-62@10.[227,1361,255,1859]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURES 1216. 12. Dichomeris opalina (Ghesquière, 1940), holotype, male. 12a, adult. 12b, labels. 13. Dichomeris pammiges (Ghesquière, 1940), holotype, male. 13a, adult. 13b, labels. 13c, head, lateral view. 13d, male genitalia. 13e, phallus. 14. Dichomeris phaeothina (Ghesquière, 1940), holotype, female. 14a, adult. 14b, labels. 14c, head, lateral view. 14d, female genitalia. 15. Dichomeris phaeothina (Ghesquière, 1940), paratype, female. 15a, adult. 15b, labels. 16. Dichomeris symbolistis (Meyrick, 1938), holotype, male. 16a, adult. 16b, labels. 16c, male genitalia. 16d, phallus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13346607" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13346607/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Fig. 14d</figureCitation>
). Papillae anales subtriangular, sparsely equipped with long setae; apophyses posteriores thin, slightly longer than papillae anales; sternum VIII subrectangular, twice as wide as long, weakly produced anteriorly, nearly uniform in width, 1/2 length of corpus bursae, clearly differentiated from corpus bursae, with narrow irregular sclerotization extending into corpus bursae; corpus bursae ovate, equipped with fine microspines in posterolateral part, accessory bursae slender at base, then broadened and terminated into rounded bag.
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFEFFC5FE496FBEB4E5FE9628B0" bold="true" box="[199,353,1189,1215]" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F32C767CFFC5FE496E1EB4E6FE1328CF" box="[359,484,1190,1216]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="11" pageNumber="202">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
:
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.
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