Trychnopalpa phalacrodes ( Meyrick, 1913 ) Bidzilya, 2021

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., 2021, A review of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5070 (1), pp. 1-83 : 44

Trychnopalpa phalacrodes ( Meyrick, 1913) comb. nov.

Gnorimoschema phalacrodes Meyrick, 1913: 293 .

Scrobipalpa phalacrodes ( Meyrick, 1913) — Janse 1951: 214, pl. 91, fig. 11, pl. 93, fig. 6, pl. 98, fig. 13.

Remarks. Gnorimoschema phalacrodes was described from a male and a female from Waterval Onder, Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. The male was illustrated by Janse (1951, pl. 91, fig. 11) as “type,” and that reference is considered as a valid lectotype designation. The genitalia of the lectotype leave no doubt that the species belongs to the genus Trychnopalpa Janse, 1958 and is most likely conspecific with T. fornacaria Janse, 1958 , described from the same locality.