Semnocera procellaris ( Meyrick, 1914 )

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2024, Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 1-51 : 10-11

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scientific name	Semnocera procellaris ( Meyrick, 1914 )
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9. Semnocera procellaris ( Meyrick, 1914) View in CoL

( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7–12 )

Acrocercops procellaris Meyrick, 1914 , 4: 201.

Semnocera procellaris Vári, 1961: 100 View in CoL .

Material. 1♂, South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, Jongmansspruit farm, em 12/xi/2016, Ekebergia capensis , A. & I. Sharp leg. (rearing: M1591), CLV7578, slide TRB4386 ♂ .

Biology. Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. ( Meliaceae ).

Distribution. South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal). First reporting for Limpopo.

DNA barcodes. One specimen barcoded (SOURE022-19) ( Table S1 View TABLE 1 ). The BIN (BOLD:AEC3372) is new to BOLD and its nearest neighbour is a specimen identified as Conopomorpha litchiella Bradley, 1986 at a genetic distance of 7.37% ( Table S1 View TABLE 1 ).

Remarks. Abdomen with pouch-like structures at anterior edges of segments V and VI but also with a pair of coremata on segment VIII, not reported by Vári (1961).

References

Meyrick, E. (1914) Descriptions of the South African Micro - Lepidoptera. V. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 4, 187 - 205.

Vari, L. (1961) South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. Transvaal Museum Memoir, 1961, 1 - 238.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Adults of South African Gracillariidae. 7, Semnocera procellaris, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. & I. Sharp leg. 8, Conopomorphina ochnivora, Gauteng, Magaliesburg, A. & I. Sharp leg. 9, C. aptata, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. & I. Sharp leg. 10, Cuphodes melanostola, Limpopo, Hoedspruit, A. & I. Sharp leg. 11, Acrocercops syzygiena, Gauteng, Tshwane, A. Sharp leg. 12, A. combreticola, Gauteng, Tshwane, A. Sharp leg.