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Dichomeris acuminata

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Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)

Mesophleps (?) acuminatus Staudinger, 1876: 148. TL: Italy: Sicily, Palermo, Valdesi.

Hypsolophus ianthes Meyrick, 1887 (3): 273. TL: Réunion: Saint-Denis. Synonymized by Zimmermann, 1978: 1706.

Ypsolophus rusticus Walsingham, 1892: 525. TL: West Indies: Saint Vincent. Synonymized by Zimmermann, 1978: 1706.

Ypsolophus lotellus Constant, 1893: 398. TL: France: Alpes-Maritimes, alluvions du Var. Synonymized by Hodges, 1986: 38.

Ypsolophus ammoxanthus Meyrick, 1904: 430. TL: Australia: Queensland, Duaringa. Synonymized by Zimmermann, 1978: 1706.

Ypsolophus ochrophanes Meyrick, 1907: 981. TL: Sri Lanka: Ambulangoda and Puttalam; India: Bengal, Pusa. Synonymized with ianthes by Meyrick, 1925: 174.

Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876) — Meyrick, 1925: 175.

Material examined. 1♂, LepsocAfrica, 16HSS194, Oecophoridae, reared on Dolichos angustifolius, Fabaceae, Steenkoppies farm, South Africa, Gauteng, Magaliesburg, 26˚01’25”S, 27˚32’36”E, 1580 m, Grassland/wooded kloof, 16.v.2017 eclosed (H. S. Staude) (gen. slide 148/19, O. Bidzilya) (HSS).

Biology. The larva was observed feeding on Dolichos angustifolius (Fabaceae) in early April. Adult emerged 16.v (Staude et al. 2020: 56). Previously larvae were recorded on Medicago sp. and Cyamopsis sp. (Fabaceae) in India (Fletcher 1920: 89).

Distribution. South Europe, North Africa, China (Guangdong, Taiwan), Japan, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, Madagascar, Australia, Hawaii Isl., USA (Florida) (Ponomarenko 2009: 253; De Prins & De Prins 2020).

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Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, pp. 495-522 in Zootaxa 4952 (3) on page 504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4690573

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Staudinger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Dichomeris
Species
acuminata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876) sec. Bidzilya, 2021

References

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  • Walsingham, T. de G. (1892) African Micro-Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1891 (1), 63 - 132, pls. 3 - 7. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1891. tb 01643. x
  • Constant, A. (1893) Descriptions d'especes nouvelles de Microlepidopteres. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 62, 391 - 404, pl. 11.
  • Hodges, R. W. (1986) Gelechioidea. Gelechiidae (in part). Dichomeridinae. In: R. B. Dominick et al. (Eds), The Moths of America North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, fasc., 7.1, 1 - 195, vii - xiii.
  • Meyrick, E. (1904) Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVIII. Gelechiidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 29 (2), 255 - 411. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 20163
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  • Meyrick, E. (1925) Lepidoptera Heterocera Fam. Gelechiidae. In: P. Wytsman (Ed.), Genera Insectorum. Louis Desmet-Vertneuil, Bruxelles, 184, 1 - 290, pls 1 - 5.
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  • Ponomarenko, M. G. (2009) Gelechiid moths of the subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) of the world. Dal'naula, Vladivostok, 1 - 389. [In Russian with English parts.]
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2020) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Availabe from: http: // www. afromoths. net (accessed 3 December 2020)