Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)

Li, Houhun, Zhen, Hui & Mey, Wolfram, 2013, Notes on Dichomeris Hübner, 1818 from Southern Africa and Kenya, with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae), Zootaxa 3608 (7), pp. 561-574 : 571

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.7.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6155008

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)
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Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)

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Mesophleps (?) acuminatus Staudinger, 1876: 148 .

Hypsolophus ianthes Meyrick, 1887: 273 .

Ypsolophus rusticus Walsingham, 1892: 525 .

Ypsolophus lotellus Constant, 1893: 398 .

Ypsolophus ammoxanthus Meyrick, 1904: 430 .

Ypsolophus ochrophanes Meyrick, 1907: 981 ; Clarke, 1969: 27.

Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger) : Meyrick, 1925: 175; Gaede, 1937: 428; Zimmermann, 1978: 1706; Hodges, 1986: 38; Park & Hodges, 1995: 28; Li & Zheng, 1996: 230; Ponomarenko, 1997: 13.

Dichomeris (Dichomeris) acuminatus (Staudinger) : Vári & Kroon, 1986: 6, 112, 160; Karsholt & Riedl, 1996: 120.

Material examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: RSA, Cederberg Algeria, Jamaka-Farm, 1 3, 21.iii.2005, 2 ƤƤ, 1–3.iii.2005, leg. W. Mey, LF. NAMIBIA: 1 Ƥ, NAMIBIA-Exp. ZMB 1992, East Caprivi: Mudumu NP: Nakatwa, 18°10’ S / 23°26’ E, 8–13.iii.1992, leg. W. Mey. KENYA: 7 3, 2 ƤƤ, 1.v.1991, 1 Ƥ, 30.vi.1991, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, leg. Houhun Li; 3 3, 1 Ƥ, Nairobi Medical School, Nairobi, Kenya, 30.ix.1991, leg. Houhun Li.

Host plants. Fabaceae : Indigofera pseudotinctoria Matsumura , Trifolium repens Linn., T. pratense Linn., Cyamopsis sp., Desmodium gyroides Candolle , Medicago sativa Linn. , Cajanus cajan Linn. , Sesbania sericea (Retz.) , Tephrosia candida , T. purpurea , T. vogelii . (Park & Hodges 1995, Ponomarenko 2009).

Distribution. Africa: Kenya, Namibia, South Africa. Europe: Mediterranean Region. Asia: China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka. Australia, N. America, Hawaii.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

Genus

Dichomeris

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