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25.
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(
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF9924B6D044FF39FC5A" box="[159,247,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURES 19–24" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,211,1564]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1594]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 19–24. Adults of South African Gracillariidae. 19, Leucocercops curatellifoliae, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 20, Telamoptilia cordati, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 21, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 22, Phyllonorycter grewiella, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 23, P. pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 24, Acrocercops loxias, Rajputana, Jodhpur (India), syntype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021764" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021764/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Figs 20</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF99252BD044FEEEFC5A" box="[258,288,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURES 25−30" captionStartId="34.[151,264,1612,1636]" captionTargetBox="[173,1414,200,1569]" captionTargetId="figure-21@34.[154,1433,181,1587]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 25−30. Forewing pattern of South African Gracillariidae. 25, Leucocercops curatellifoliae sp. nov., Limpopo. 26, Phodoryctis tephrosiella sp. nov., Gauteng. 27, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., South Africa, Limpopo. 28, Telamoptilia sp., Madagascar. 29, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo. 30, Phyllonorycter pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021768" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021768/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">27</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF992505D044FEBBFC5A" box="[300,373,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURES 47–51" captionStartId="40.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[193,1394,181,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-21@40.[163,1424,151,1889]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 47–51. Male genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 47-49, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., holotype (120 μm): 47, ventral view; 48, segment VIII in ventral view; 49, phallus with bulbus ejaculatorius. 50-51, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., holotype (190 μm): 50, phallus (ae: aedeagus; an; anellus; be: bulbus ejaculatorius; de: ductus ejaculatorius; ma: manica; pb: phallobase); 51, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021780/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">47–49</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF9925A9D045FE50FC5A" box="[384,414,870,897]" captionStart="FIGURES 56–57" captionStartId="42.[151,264,1355,1379]" captionTargetBox="[180,1411,195,1302]" captionTargetId="figure-21@42.[151,1436,181,1331]" captionTargetPageId="42" captionText="FIGURES 56–57. Female genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 56, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., paratype: ventral view. 57, Phyllonorycter pseudogrewiella sp. nov., holotype: lateral view. (All scale bar 190 μm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021784" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021784/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">56</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF992583D044FE3FFC5A" box="[426,497,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURES 73–77" captionStartId="46.[151,264,1763,1787]" captionTargetBox="[182,1405,212,1709]" captionTargetId="figure-21@46.[151,1436,181,1740]" captionTargetPageId="46" captionText="FIGURES 73–77. Immature stages of SouthAfrican Gracillariidae. 73, Amblyptila cynanchi, mines on Cynanchum obtusifolium (Asclepiadaceae), Western Cape, S. Mecenero leg. 74, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., mine on Syzygium cordatum (Myrtaceae), Limpopo Hoedspruit,A.&amp;I. Sharp leg.75, Leucocercopsdasmophora, mine on Parinari capensis, (Chrysobalanaceae), Gauteng, Tshwane, A. Sharp leg. 76, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., larva on Syzygium cordatum (Myrtaceae), Limpopo Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 77, Leucocercops curatellifoliae sp. nov., larva on Parinari curatellifolia, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021794" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021794/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">74, 76</figureCitation>
)
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leg., (rearing: M944),
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♀,
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♂, forewing venation slide
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<paragraph id="38049F327176FF9924EED742FD7FFB44" blockId="21.[151,1437,942,2043]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<materialsCitation id="88D3956F7176FF9924EED742FD60FB44" collectionCode="BMNH(E)" collectorName="Meyrick" determinerName="E. Meyrick" location="Rajputana" municipality="Jodhpur" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-adult="1" typeStatus="syntype">
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992508D742FE38FBA0" box="[289,502,1121,1147]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Acrocercops loxias</emphasis>
Meyrick
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(
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) Coll. B. M. 1938-290,
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, 6-16,
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det. in
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Coll.,
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1404873
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="70A1CCB97176FF9924EED78BFEF1FB3D" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="38049F327176FF9924EED78BFEF1FB3D" blockId="21.[151,1437,942,2043]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9924EED78BFE86FB19" bold="true" box="[199,328,1192,1218]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Etymology</emphasis>
. The name of this new species is derived from the specific name of the hostplant,
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9920EED78BFAFFFB19" box="[1223,1329,1192,1218]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">cordatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, declined in the genitive.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="70A1CCB97176FF9924EED7CCFAAFF990" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="38049F327176FF9924EED7CCFAAFF990" blockId="21.[151,1437,942,2043]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9924EED7CCFEF4FAD2" bold="true" box="[199,314,1263,1289]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The forewing pattern of
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17176FF992648D7D3FD00FAD1" authorityName="Triberti &amp; Staude &amp; Sharp &amp; Lopez-Vaamonde" authorityYear="2024" box="[609,718,1264,1290]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cordati" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992648D7D3FD00FAD1" box="[609,718,1264,1290]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">T. cordati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9926FFD7D3FCFFFAD1" bold="true" box="[726,817,1264,1290]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="11FCFE5B7176FF9926FFD7D3FCFFFAD1" box="[726,817,1264,1290]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is almost indistinguishable from that of
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17176FF992128D7D3FA52FAD1" baseAuthorityName="Meyrick" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[1281,1436,1264,1290]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cathedraea">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992128D7D3FA52FAD1" box="[1281,1436,1264,1290]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">T. cathedraea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17176FF9924E0D637FED6FAF6" authorityName="Sruoga &amp; De Prins" authorityYear="2023" box="[201,280,1300,1325]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crux">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9924E0D637FED6FAF6" box="[201,280,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">T. crux</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, it is easy to distinguish the genitalia of both male and female specimens. In the male, the vinculum of
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992502D61BFE57FA8A" box="[299,409,1335,1361]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">T. cordati</emphasis>
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has a long saccus, whereas in the female, the signum has a different shape with outlined projecting median processes. Interestingly, the male and female genitalia of
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9927DAD67FFB91FAAE" box="[1011,1119,1371,1397]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">T. cordati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bear a striking resemblance to those of some Malagasy specimens that Pierre Viette determined and published in 1951 and 1956 (&amp; Paulian) as
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9924BED680FEA2FA67" box="[151,364,1442,1469]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Acrocercops loxias</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5C2AE2C37176FF99255AD681FDE7FA67" author="Meyrick, E." box="[371,553,1442,1468]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="172 - 179" refId="ref34750" refString="Meyrick, E. (1918 b) Gracilariadae. In: Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (3). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. 172 - 179. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9241" type="book chapter" year="1918">Meyrick, 1918b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. These specimens were reared from leaf mines on
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992075D680FAD6FA67" box="[1116,1304,1443,1469]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Syzygium cumini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17176FF992116D680FEC1FA3B" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eugenia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="jambolana">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992116D680FEC1FA3B" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Eugenia jambolana</emphasis>
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) collected at the Tzimbazaza botanical Garden in
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in 1948 and are currently deposited at the Natural History Museum of Paris. The species can be distinguished by its very short saccus and differently shaped anellus (
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF9924DCD52EFE88F9F3" box="[245,326,1549,1576]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="41.[151,264,1892,1916]" captionTargetBox="[212,1375,213,1836]" captionTargetId="figure-17@41.[180,1407,181,1868]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Male genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 52-54, Phyllocnistis magalismontani sp. nov., holotype: 52, phallus (175 μm) (ae: aedeagus; an; anellus; be: bulbus ejaculatorius; de: ductus ejaculatorius; ma: manica; pb: phallobase; ve: vesica); 53, ventral view (175 μm); 54, segments VII and VIII in ventral view (190 μm); 55, Telamoptilia sp.: ventral view, phallus not visible, scale not available." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021782" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021782/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Fig. 55</figureCitation>
) in males, whereas females of both species are indistinguishable. Additionally, the forewing pattern is quite different, with the two transverse white fasciae strongly narrowing on the costal margin (
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF9920FBD512FAE7F990" box="[1234,1321,1585,1611]" captionStart="FIGURES 19–24" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,211,1564]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1594]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 19–24. Adults of South African Gracillariidae. 19, Leucocercops curatellifoliae, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 20, Telamoptilia cordati, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 21, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 22, Phyllonorycter grewiella, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 23, P. pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 24, Acrocercops loxias, Rajputana, Jodhpur (India), syntype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021764" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021764/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Figs 24</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF99211CD512FA9BF990" box="[1333,1365,1585,1611]" captionStart="FIGURES 25−30" captionStartId="34.[151,264,1612,1636]" captionTargetBox="[173,1414,200,1569]" captionTargetId="figure-21@34.[154,1433,181,1587]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 25−30. Forewing pattern of South African Gracillariidae. 25, Leucocercops curatellifoliae sp. nov., Limpopo. 26, Phodoryctis tephrosiella sp. nov., Gauteng. 27, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., South Africa, Limpopo. 28, Telamoptilia sp., Madagascar. 29, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo. 30, Phyllonorycter pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021768" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021768/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">28</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="70A1CCB97176FF9A24EED576FE8BFD37" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="description">
<paragraph id="38049F327176FF9A24EED576FE8BFD37" blockId="21.[151,1437,942,2043]" lastBlockId="22.[151,1437,151,1464]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9924EED576FE7FF9B4" bold="true" box="[199,433,1621,1647]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Description of adult</emphasis>
. Forewing length 3.0−3.5 mm.
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF992720D576FC87F9B4" bold="true" box="[777,841,1621,1647]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Head</emphasis>
. Vertex and frons white, the latter with some brownish scales. Labial palpus smooth, slightly upcurved, white, dark brown on outer surface of first and second segment, the third only weakly spotted; maxillary palpus white, first and third segment dark brown on outer surface. Antenna observable only in the third basal, with scape white and smooth dorsally, ventrally grey with a flap almost the same size as the scape; flagellum pale ochre, with pedicel dark brown and the first 4 flagellomeres white.
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF9920F4D5C7FAF8F925" bold="true" box="[1245,1334,1764,1790]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Thorax</emphasis>
. Dorsum and tegulae light ochreous brown, with white posterior margins. Legs mostly white; forecoxa dark brown basally and distally, femur and tibia dark brown; midcoxa fuscous distally, femur dark brown laterally with a thin, darker ring medially, tibia dark brown medially and distally; hindfemur with a fuscous blotch, tibia with a large medial ring; tarsus of all legs with 3 dark brown rings.
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF99265DD450FD0DF856" bold="true" box="[628,707,1907,1933]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF99265DD450FD72F856" bold="true" box="[628,700,1907,1933]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Wings</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The wing venation agrees to that reported by Kumata &amp; Kuroko (1988: 57) in the description of the genus
<emphasis id="0ACF43207176FF99264BD4B4FD38F86A" box="[610,758,1943,1969]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17176FF99264BD4B4FD3CF86A" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Kuroko" authorityYear="1988" box="[610,754,1943,1969]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Telamoptilia</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Forewing light ochreous brown with two white fasciae finely and irregularly edged with dark brown (
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF992662D499FD6FF80F" box="[587,673,1978,2004]" captionStart="FIGURES 19–24" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,211,1564]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1594]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 19–24. Adults of South African Gracillariidae. 19, Leucocercops curatellifoliae, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 20, Telamoptilia cordati, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 21, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 22, Phyllonorycter grewiella, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 23, P. pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 24, Acrocercops loxias, Rajputana, Jodhpur (India), syntype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021764" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021764/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Figs 20</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A08083B77176FF992683D499FD04F80F" box="[682,714,1978,2004]" captionStart="FIGURES 25−30" captionStartId="34.[151,264,1612,1636]" captionTargetBox="[173,1414,200,1569]" captionTargetId="figure-21@34.[154,1433,181,1587]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 25−30. Forewing pattern of South African Gracillariidae. 25, Leucocercops curatellifoliae sp. nov., Limpopo. 26, Phodoryctis tephrosiella sp. nov., Gauteng. 27, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., South Africa, Limpopo. 28, Telamoptilia sp., Madagascar. 29, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo. 30, Phyllonorycter pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021768" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021768/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">27</figureCitation>
); basally a very thin, often scarcely visible, whitish blotch, almost close to thorax; a first broad fascia at ¼ of costa, thinly margined in black on both sides, only slightly oblique and narrowing towards costa; a second white fascia just beyond middle, similar to previous one, slightly thinner; at 2/3 a small spot, comma shaped, with some scattered dark scales; a subapical white blotch on costa, touching dorsum; cilia at apex of wing dark brown on basal half enclosing a small irregular white spot, then dark grey in apical half, termen with two whitish sections. Hindwing dark grey, cilia ochreous grey.
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A27C1D221FBAAFEC7" bold="true" box="[1000,1124,258,284]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Abdomen.</emphasis>
In the male grey above and white latero-ventrally, more opaque in female, each segment bordered with dark brown, terminal tuft dark brown. Segment VIII, widely incised ventrally and dorsocephalic apodeme not extending onto the tergum (
<figureCitation id="A08083B77175FF9A20D1D26AFA83FEB8" box="[1272,1357,329,355]" captionStart="FIGURES 47–51" captionStartId="40.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[193,1394,181,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-21@40.[163,1424,151,1889]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 47–51. Male genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 47-49, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., holotype (120 μm): 47, ventral view; 48, segment VIII in ventral view; 49, phallus with bulbus ejaculatorius. 50-51, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., holotype (190 μm): 50, phallus (ae: aedeagus; an; anellus; be: bulbus ejaculatorius; de: ductus ejaculatorius; ma: manica; pb: phallobase); 51, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021780/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 48</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2148D26AFF32FE5C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A08083B77175FF9A2527D24EFEABFE5C" box="[270,357,365,391]" captionStart="FIGURES 47–51" captionStartId="40.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[193,1394,181,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-21@40.[163,1424,151,1889]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 47–51. Male genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 47-49, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., holotype (120 μm): 47, ventral view; 48, segment VIII in ventral view; 49, phallus with bulbus ejaculatorius. 50-51, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., holotype (190 μm): 50, phallus (ae: aedeagus; an; anellus; be: bulbus ejaculatorius; de: ductus ejaculatorius; ma: manica; pb: phallobase); 51, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021780/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
). Tegumen moderately long, slightly shorter than valva, with setae along lateral margins, tuba analis without subscaphium. Valva very weakly sclerotized, more intensely along costal margin, slightly upcurved, widely round on ventral margin at postmedian area, densely covered with short setae on almost whole inner surface, long androconial scales on basal area of outer surface. Vinculum V-shaped with a saccus rather long. Phallus (
<figureCitation id="A08083B77175FF9A2146D2FBFF7AFDCD" captionStart="FIGURES 47–51" captionStartId="40.[151,264,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[193,1394,181,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-21@40.[163,1424,151,1889]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 47–51. Male genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 47-49, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., holotype (120 μm): 47, ventral view; 48, segment VIII in ventral view; 49, phallus with bulbus ejaculatorius. 50-51, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., holotype (190 μm): 50, phallus (ae: aedeagus; an; anellus; be: bulbus ejaculatorius; de: ductus ejaculatorius; ma: manica; pb: phallobase); 51, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021780" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021780/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 49</figureCitation>
) about 1.2 length of valva, slender, tubular, obliquely truncated at apex; phallobase undifferentiated; vesica with an aggregation of a number of needle-shaped spines.
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A26C8D13CFC6DFDE1" bold="true" box="[737,931,543,570]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A08083B77175FF9A2798D103FBCAFDE1" box="[945,1028,543,570]" captionStart="FIGURES 56–57" captionStartId="42.[151,264,1355,1379]" captionTargetBox="[180,1411,195,1302]" captionTargetId="figure-21@42.[151,1436,181,1331]" captionTargetPageId="42" captionText="FIGURES 56–57. Female genitalia of South African Gracillariidae. 56, Telamoptilia cordati sp. nov., paratype: ventral view. 57, Phyllonorycter pseudogrewiella sp. nov., holotype: lateral view. (All scale bar 190 μm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021784" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021784/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 56</figureCitation>
). Posterior apophyses slightly longer or equal to anterior ones. Sterigma membranous, ostium bursae opened on anterior area of sternum VIII, moderate in opening size; antrum and posterior part of ductus completely membranous, median part slightly sclerotized, then remaining anterior part membranous, completely covered by micro-thorns, gradually widened towards corpus bursae; corpus bursae elongate-ellipsoidal, with a single long signum with a median projection and finely serrated in anterior half.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="70A1CCB97175FF9A24EED1D5FC5DFCCB" box="[199,915,758,785]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="38049F327175FF9A24EED1D5FC5DFCCB" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1464]" box="[199,915,758,785]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A24EED1D5FEEFFCCB" bold="true" box="[199,289,758,784]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Biology</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2506D1D5FDC4FCCB" box="[303,522,758,784]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Syzygium cordatum</emphasis>
(Hochst.)
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A26A0D1D5FCCAFCCB" box="[649,772,758,784]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Myrtaceae</taxonomicName>
, fig. 74, 76).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="70A1CCB97175FF9A24EED039FDB0FCEF" box="[199,638,794,820]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="38049F327175FF9A24EED039FDB0FCEF" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1464]" box="[199,638,794,820]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A24EED039FE97FCEF" bold="true" box="[199,345,794,820]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="40ACDFA27175FF9A254ED039FE38FCEF" box="[359,502,794,820]" name="South Africa" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="FA7F51D07175FF9A262CD039FDBCFCEF" box="[517,626,794,820]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="70A1CCB97175FF9A24EED01EFC64FA6C" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="38049F327175FF9A24EED01EFD4AFCA0" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1464]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A24EED01EFEB9FC83" bold="true" box="[199,375,829,856]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">DNA barcodes</emphasis>
. One barcode in an unique BIN BOLD:AEC1953 (
<tableCitation id="7539AA897175FF9A27EED01EFBE7FC83" box="[967,1065,829,856]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,235,150,174]" captionText="TABLE 1. Summary statistics for specimens included in this study. Dmin_NN heterospecific = minimum distance to nearest neighbor; BIN Dmax= maxim intraspecific distance within a BIN." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Tables 1</tableCitation>
&amp;
<tableCitation id="7539AA897175FF9A207BD01DFBAFFC83" box="[1106,1121,830,856]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,235,150,174]" captionText="TABLE 2. Number of individuals barcoded per BIN. 14 out of the 25 BINs in our project are unique." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2</tableCitation>
) at 9.46% from the nearest
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A24BED042FEFFFCA0" box="[151,305,865,891]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Gracillariidae</taxonomicName>
barcode in BOLD (
<tableCitation id="7539AA897175FF9A2626D042FDBBFCA0" box="[527,629,865,891]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,235,150,174]" captionText="TABLE 1. Summary statistics for specimens included in this study. Dmin_NN heterospecific = minimum distance to nearest neighbor; BIN Dmax= maxim intraspecific distance within a BIN." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Table S1</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="38049F327175FF9A24EED0A6FB68FB3A" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1464]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A24EED0A6FEFAFC44" bold="true" box="[199,308,901,927]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Remarks</emphasis>
. We have transferred this species to the genus
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A2778D0A6FC10FC44" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Kuroko" authorityYear="1988" box="[849,990,901,927]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2778D0A6FC10FC44" box="[849,990,901,927]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Telamoptilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the following characteristics, which are shared with other members of the genus: 1) wing venation; 2) the antennal scape has a small flap on the ventral side; 3) the pattern on the forewing is very similar to
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2766D0EEFB41FC3D" box="[847,1167,972,998]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A2766D0EEFC23FC3D" baseAuthorityName="Meyrick" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[847,1005,972,998]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cathedraea">T. cathedraea</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A27D0D0EEFB41FC3D" baseAuthorityName="Meyrick" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[1017,1167,972,998]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hemistacta">T. hemistacta</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A20E6D0EEFEF1FBD1" authority="Davis &amp; Davis, 2017" authorityName="Davis &amp; Davis" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pavoniae">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A20E6D0EEFA9DFC3D" box="[1231,1363,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. pavoniae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5C2AE2C37175FF9A2172D0EFFEF1FBD1" author="Davis, D. R. &amp; Davis, M. M." pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="1 - 13" refId="ref31904" refString="Davis, D. R. &amp; Davis, M. M. (2017) First report of the genus Telamoptilia from the western hemisphere with descriptions of two new species (Gracillariidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 71 (4), 1 - 13. https: // doi. org / 10.18473 / lepi. 71 i 4. a 8" type="journal article" year="2017">Davis &amp; Davis, 2017</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, making it almost indistinguishable; 4) the male genitalia have a simple valva without any comb on the inner surface, and the costal margin is more sclerotized; 5) the phallus is tubular and straight, with the vesica containing a cluster of needle-shaped spines; 6) in the female, the signum has a rather similar shape. This species has a unique position within the genus
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A2649D778FD23FBAE" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Kuroko" authorityYear="1988" box="[608,749,1115,1141]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2649D778FD23FBAE" box="[608,749,1115,1141]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Telamoptilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
due to the following characteristics: 1) segment VIII has a bifurcated dorsocephalic apodeme at the apex, and its median sclerotization does not extend onto the tergum, similar to
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A249DD787FD8EFB66" authority="Kumata &amp; Ermolaev, 1988" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Ermolaev" authorityYear="1988" box="[180,576,1187,1213]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tiliae">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A249DD787FEC7FB66" box="[180,265,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. tiliae</emphasis>
Kumata &amp; Ermolaev, 1988
</taxonomicName>
; 2) the forewing is missing vein R5, as seen in
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A2066D787FAB7FB65" authority="Liu et al., 2015" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="2015" box="[1103,1401,1187,1214]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grewiae">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2066D787FB0AFB66" box="[1103,1220,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. grewiae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5C2AE2C37175FF9A20E2D780FAB7FB65" author="Liu, T. &amp; Wang, S. &amp; Li, H. H." box="[1227,1401,1187,1214]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="121 - 133" refId="ref33893" refString="Liu, T., Wang, S. &amp; Li, H. H. (2015) Description of Telamoptilia grewiae sp. n. and the consequences for the definition of the genera Telamoptilia and Spulerina (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae). Zookeys, 479, 121 - 133. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 479.8899" type="journal article" year="2015">
Liu
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A20D1D787FAFFFB66" box="[1272,1329,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">et al.</emphasis>
, 2015
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 3) the caudal margin of female tergum VIII does not have elongations, again similar to
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A2060D7E4FB51FB3A" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Ermolaev" authorityYear="1988" box="[1097,1183,1223,1249]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tiliae">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A2060D7E4FB51FB3A" box="[1097,1183,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. tiliae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="38049F327175FF9A24EED7C9FC64FA6C" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1464]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
The examination of the forewing pattern of the
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A272FD7C8FCA3FADF" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1918" box="[774,877,1258,1285]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Acrocercops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="loxias">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A272FD7C8FCA3FADF" box="[774,877,1258,1285]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. loxias</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="E70021907175FF9A2750D7C8FC1EFADE" box="[889,976,1259,1285]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
(
<figureCitation id="A08083B77175FF9A27CCD7C9FBF2FADF" box="[997,1084,1258,1284]" captionStart="FIGURES 19–24" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[181,1406,211,1564]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1594]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 19–24. Adults of South African Gracillariidae. 19, Leucocercops curatellifoliae, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 20, Telamoptilia cordati, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 21, Cameraria melhaniella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 22, Phyllonorycter grewiella, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 23, P. pseudogrewiella sp. nov., Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. &amp; I. Sharp leg. 24, Acrocercops loxias, Rajputana, Jodhpur (India), syntype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021764" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021764/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
) revealed an error in Viette’s identification of the Malagasy specimens. Unlike what Viette had suggested,
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A27D2D62DFB90FAF3" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1918" box="[1019,1118,1294,1320]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Acrocercops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="loxias">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A27D2D62DFB90FAF3" box="[1019,1118,1294,1320]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. loxias</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by two thin white streaks rather than wide bands making this species easily distinguishable. Additionally, distinct variations in both the forewing pattern and the male genitalia (refer to Diagnosis) suggest that the Malagasy species is new to science, and closely related to
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A25DAD659FD90FA48" authorityName="Triberti &amp; Staude &amp; Sharp &amp; Lopez-Vaamonde" authorityYear="2024" box="[499,606,1401,1427]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cordati">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A25DAD659FD90FA48" box="[499,606,1401,1427]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">T. cordati</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and falls under the genus
<taxonomicName id="FFBBE4B17175FF9A27ABD65AFBC1FA48" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Kuroko" authorityYear="1988" box="[898,1039,1401,1427]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0ACF43207175FF9A27ABD65AFBC1FA48" box="[898,1039,1401,1427]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Telamoptilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, a detailed description of this new species will be included in a future study on Malagasy fauna.
</paragraph>
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